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Spatula clypeata (Liny.). 
SHOVELLER. 
Spatula clypeata BELDING, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 548 (San José). Bry- 
ANT, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 266 (San José del Cabo). 
At San José del Cabo Mr. Frazar noted the arrival of the Shoveller on Octo- 
ber 18, when one was killed from a flock of four. By October 24, it had 
become common. At the same place Mr. Belding found it in the spring of 
1882 as late as May 17. Neither of the observers just mentioned speaks of its 
occurrence in winter. Mr. Frazar saw a single pair at La Paz on March 2, and 
others were observed at Comondu and lower Purisima Cafion in April, 1889, by 
Mr. Bryant. 
The Shoveller is common in winter on the Pacific Coast from the mouth of 
the Columbia River to Mazatlan, and it has occurred as far south as Guate- 
mala. It breeds rather numerously within the United States, but also 
migrates to high northern latitudes. 
Dafila acuta (Lryn.) 
PINTAIL. 
Dafila acuta Rrpeway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 534, footnote (San José del 
Cabo). Berxpine, Jbid., VI. 1883, 352 (s. of lat. 24° 80’). Bryant, Proc. 
Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 266 (Cape Region). 
A single Pintail was shot by Mr. Frazar at San José del Cabo on August 
29, and on September 2 a flock of about forty were seen. By September 20, 
they had become abundant. Mr. Ridgway states that Xantus found them in 
February, and Mr. Belding gives the species as “common” in his list of birds 
observed south of latitude 24° 30’ in the winter and early spring of 1882-83. 
Mr. Frazar’s collection contains nine specimens. To the northward of La Paz 
“‘a few individuals were noticed April 5, 1889, at lower Purisima cafion,” by 
Mr. Bryant ; and about “a dozen, including both sexes, at San Rafael Valley, 
May 12,” by Mr. Belding. 
On the Pacific Coast the Pintail is said to winter from San Diego, California, 
almost to the Isthmus of Panama. It breeds numerously in the northern tier 
of western United States, and from thence northward. 
Aythya americana (Evr.). 
REDHEAD. 
Aethyia americana BEtpinG, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI. 1883, 352 (La Paz). 
Aythya americana Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 266 (La Paz). 
As the Redhead is not uncommon in winter along the coast of California, and 
as it has also occurred, at that season, at Mazatlan, on the west coast of Mexico, 
