CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 21 



Anas americana. 



BALDPATE. 



This is the species that is usually called " Widgeon " by 

 sportsmen. It is abundant on the Pacific slope, and eastward to 

 the Ottawa Valley, from which point to the Atlantic it is rather 

 uncommon, and is considered a rare bird by many observers in 

 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 



Anas crecca. 



EUROPEAN TEAL. 



One example of this species was taken near Halifax, by 

 Dr. GILPIN, on September i, 1854, and Dr. COUES took one in 

 Labrador. 



Anas carolinensis. 



GREEN- WINGED TEAL,. 



Common throughout most of the Dominion, though uncom- 

 mon in the Maritime Provinces, and abundant in British Columbia. 

 It breeds from about latitude 50 to the Fur Countries, and win- 

 ters in Central America. 



Anas discors. 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



An abundant species along the southern portions of the 

 Dominion from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ranging as far north as 

 Great Slave Lake in the west ; but along the Atlantic sea-board is 

 rarely seen north of the St. Lawrence. It winters in Central 

 America. 



Anas Cyanoptera. 



CINNAMON TEAL. 



A rare summer resident of British Columbia; reported by 

 THOMPSON, on the authority of Mr. R. H. HUNTER, as occurring 

 occasionally in Manitoba. Winters in South America. 



