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Mareca americana (GMEL.). 
BALDPATE. AMERICAN WIDGEON. 
Mareca americana BetpinG, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 548 (San José). 
Anas americana Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 265 (San José del 
Cabo). 
The only occasion, apparently, on which Mr. Belding met with the Ameri- 
can Widgeon was May 17, 1882, when a flock of about twelve were seen at San 
José del Cabo. At this place, however, Mr. Frazar found the bird common in 
the autumn of 1887. It was first seen on October 22; after this its numbers 
steadily increased until by November 9 it was “more numerous than any 
other species except the Lesser Scaup Duck.” The only spring records which 
I find among Mr. Frazar’s notes are of a flock seen on March 6, near San 
José Island, and of a pair killed on April 1, at Triunfo. Mr. Bryant records a 
flock of eight ‘seen in the creek at Comondu,’’ on March 9, 1888; a few 
others “found at San Juan, on the Gulf side near Loreto some days later,” and 
still others “ met with in 1889, at the water hole, San Raimundo.” 
The American Widgeon breeds chiefly to the northward of the United 
States, is one of the most abundant Ducks on the California coast in winter, 
and at the latter season goes at least as far south as Central America. 
Nettion carolinensis (GmEL.). 
GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 
Nettion carolinensis RipGway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote (San 
José del Cabo). Berxpine, Jdid., VI. 1883, 352 (s. of lat. 24° 30’). 
Anas carolinensis Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889. 265 (Cape 
Region). 
The Green-winged Teal was observed at San José del Cabo in January and 
February by Mr. Xantus, and in September and the first half of October by 
Mr. Frazar, whose first specimen was taken on September 18. Mr. Belding 
found it moderately common south of latitude 24° 30’. Mr. Bryant appar- 
ently did not meet with it at all. It is known to be common in winter in 
California, and northward as far as Puget Sound, while southward it extends 
its migrations to Mexico and Central America. A few nest in the western 
United States, usually at high elevations, but by far the greater number spend 
the summer to the northward of our northern boundaries. 
