COUES ON BIRDS OF DAKOTA AND MONTANA. 



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"teals'" eggs I took were not ideotified satisfactorily, and as I saw no 

 birds not in perfect feather, I cannot state positively that it does so. 

 This was a favorite bird with me for shooting for the table, where I 

 always thought it looked better than it did in my collecting- chest. " Two 

 and a half teal, broiled, on toast," became my well-known limit for sup- 

 per; but I never succeeded in "preserving" the third bird without 

 mutilation. 



QUERQUEDULA DISCOES, {Linn.} Steph. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



Arrives early, in the fore part of August, like tbe Green-wing, and 

 becomes very abundant. It also doubtless breeds. 



SPATULA CLYPBATA, (Linn.) Boie. 



Shoveller. 



Abundant throughout. Found breeding on Mouse Eiver, where young 

 about half-grown were taken August 10. 



List of specimens. 



FULIGULA AFFINIS, Eyton. 

 Lesser Scaup Duck. 



The Scaups which I found breeding numerously in the Upper Missouri 

 and Milk Eiver region appeared to be chiefly, if not wholly, of this spe- 

 cies, as several species examined certainly were. At some points, they 

 were extremely abundant, outnumbering the other Ducks. 



The F. marila undoubtedly occurs, during the migration at least, if 

 not also in the breeding- season. 



FULIGULA COLLARIS, {Donovan) Bp. 



EiNa-NECKED Duck. 



Specimen seen in Mr. Dawson's collection. 



