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73 (135) Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus) 
GADWALL 
Synonyms—Anas strepera; Gray Duck. 
Status—Fairly common resident west of the Sierra Nevada, chiefly on fresh 
water. Recorded breeding as follows: Sacramento Valley (Heermann, Pac. R. R. 
Rep., x, 1859, p. 69) ; Merced (J. Mailliard, Condor, vi, 1904, p. 15) ; Los Banos, 
Merced County (H. C. Bryant, Condor, xvi, 1914, p. 222); San Pedro (Baird, 
Brewer, and Ridgway, Water Bds. N. Amer., 1, 1884, p. 508); Los Angeles 
(Davie, Nests & Eggs N. Amer. Bds., 4th ed., 1889, p. 63); San Jacinto Lake, 
Riverside County (Willett, Pac. Coast Avif. no. 7, 1912, p. 23). More common 
and widespread in winter. 
74 (136) Mareca penelope (Linnaeus) 
EUROPEAN WIDGEON 
Synonym—Anas penelope. 
Status—Rare winter visitant; recorded instances as follows: San Francisco 
market, several specimens (J. G. Cooper, Proce. Calif. Acad. Sci., rv, 1868, p. 9; 
W. E. Bryant, Forest & Stream, xxvi, 1886, p. 426; Ridgway, Proce. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., 11, 1880, p. 231) ; Rio Vista, Solano County, two specimens (Belding, MS) ; 
Eureka, specimen (Townsend, Auk, m1, 1886, p. 491) ; Humboldt Bay, two speci- 
mens (F. J. Smith, MS); Bixby, Los Angeles County. specimen (J. Grinnell, 
Auk, xx1, 1904, p. 383). 
75 (187) Mareca americana (Gmelin) 
BALDPATE 
Synonyms—Anas americana; Mareca penelope, part; American Widgeon. 
Status—Common winter visitant to suitable localities throughout the state. 
Oceurs chiefly on fresh water, but occasionally reported from salt water, as on 
Tomales Bay where “‘abundant during certain winter periods’’ (J. and J. W. 
Maillard, MS). 
76 (138) Nettion crecca (Linnaeus) 
EuRoPEAN TEAL 
Synonym—A nas crecca. 
Status—Rare visitant: Known chiefly from J. G. Cooper’s statement that 
it had been ‘‘found not rarely in California’’ (Auk, m1, 1886, p. 125). Thought 
to have bred in marshes near Stockton (Belding, MS). 
77 (139) Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) 
GREEN-WINGED TEAL 
Synonyms—Anas carolinensis; Querquedula carolinensis. 
Status—Abundant winter visitant throughout the state, chiefly on fresh 
water. Recorded as breeding in Ventura County (Evermann, Auk, m1, 1886, p. 
89), at Tulare Lake (Goldman, Condor, x, 1908, p. 129), and in Sierra Valley, 
Plumas County (Belding, MS). 
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