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ly. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). 



Gadwall. 



Synon)'ni — Anas strcpcra. 



Status — Mearns found this species in summer in the Mogollon Mountains, 

 where it was common and "])rohalily Ijreedins;". Coues ( i866a, p. 99) met with 

 it on the Colorado River in ( )ct()l)er, and Scott ( 188O, p. 384) took a specimen 

 at Tucson in Decemlier. 



20. Mareca americana (Gmchn). 



Baldpate. 



S}'non}-ms — Anas americana : .hias pcnclopc. 



Status — A common migrant, and, in southern Arizona, a winter visitant. 

 Reported by Mearns (1890a, p. 50) as occurring in summer at Mormon Lake, 

 in tlie Mogollon Mountains, where he supiwsed it was breeding, though no nests 

 were found. 



21. Nettion carolinense (GmeHn). 



Grkkx-wixoki' Teat . 



v^} no'iyms — Ourr'jiiCifula Caroline iisis ; Ana<; caroliiicnsis. 



Status — A common migrant, re]jorted from x-anous scattered locaHties. Re- 

 mains through the wniter in southern Arizona: vSan Pech'o River, Colorado River, 

 Tucson, etc. 



22. Querquednla discors (Linnaeus). 



BLUK-^\'lXGED Teai,. 



Synonym — A nas discors. 



Statu.s — lias been reported from various part.s of Arizcnia. Scott speaks of 

 it as lieing of occasional occurrence in winter in the vicinity of Tucson, while 

 Mearns ( 1890a, p. 51 ) found the species in May and June on the lakes of the 

 Mogollon Mountains, wdiere it may have been breeding. There are also records 

 of individuals taken during the migrations at '^I'ucson, Ehrenberg (Colorado 

 River), Sulj^hur Spring (Cochise County), and San Francisco Mountain. Not 

 infrequently taken in winter on the San Pedro River ( F. C. Willard, MS). 



27,. ftuerquedula cyanoptera (X'ieillot). 



Cinnamon Teal. 



vSynonyms — Ptcrocyanca cacruleata ; Anas cyanoptera. 



vStatus — A common migrant throughout the state. Has been found breed- 

 ing in the Mogollon Mountains, and is reported as a winter visitant in extreme 

 southern Arizona (Tucson, Sulphur Spring, etc.). 



24. Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus). 



Shoveller. 

 Status — A migrant, and, in southern Arizona, a w-inter visitant. Mearns 

 ( 1890a, p. 5L) found the species in May and June on the lakes in the Mogollon 

 Mountains, where it may have been breeding. 



