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THE PINTAIL DUCK. 



The Pintail Duck, A. acuta, 

 is, including the tail, twenty-six 

 to twenty-eight inches long; com- 

 mon in Europe and America. 



The European Widgeon, ji. 

 Penelo2)e, is eigliteen inches long ; 

 common in Europe, and acci- 

 dental on the Atlantic coast of 

 the United States. 



The American Widgeon or 

 Baldpate, a. Americana — Ma- 

 reca Americana of Gmelin — is 

 nineteen inches long ; conmion 

 in North America ; accidental in 

 Europe. 



The Black Duck, A. obscura, 

 is twenty-two inches long ; abun- 

 dant in the United States ; not 

 yet found in Europe. 



The Garganey or Summer 

 Teal, A. qnerquedula, is sixteen 

 inches long ; common in South- 

 ern Europe and India. 



The English Teal, A. crecca 

 — JSfettion cnrca of Linnaeus — is 

 fourteen and a half inches long ; 

 common in Europe ; accidental 

 on the eastern coast of the Unit- 

 ed States. 



The Blue-winged Teal, A. 

 discors, is fifteen inches long ; 

 found on the eastern coast of the 

 United States ; not yet noticed 

 in Europe, nor on the Pacific. 



The Red-breasted Teal — 

 Querquedula cyanoptera of Baird 

 — is found on the western coast 

 of North and South America. 



The Summer Duck or W^ood 

 Duck, ^-i. s/;o?isa, nineteen inches 

 long, is a very beautiful species ; 

 found throughout North Amer- 

 ica, Mexico, and the West In- 

 dies. Wilson says : " During the 

 whole of our winters they are oc- 

 occasionally seen in the States 

 south of the Potomac. On the 

 10th of January, I met with two 

 on a creek near Petersburgh, in 

 Virginia. In the more northern 

 districts, however, they are mi- 

 gratory. In Pennsylvania, the female usually begins to lay late in April or early in May. In- 

 stances have been known where the nest was constructed of a few sticks laid in a fork of the 



THE AMEKICAN WIDGEON. 



THE GARGANEY. 



