256 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
148. Querquedula discors, (Linn.) Steph. Blue-winged Teal. 
Anas discors, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Vieil., Bp., Wagl., Aud., Gir., DeKay, 
Trippe, Schl. 
Anas (Boschas) discors, Sw. & Rich., Nutt. 
Querquedula discors, Steph., Gray, Bd., Cab., Scl., Scl. & Salv., Dress., Verr., 
Lawr., Sund., Coues, Dall & Bann., Allen, Trippe. 
Cyanopterus discors, Eyt., Bp., Gosse, Blas. 
Pierocyanea discors, Bp., Gray, Newb. 
Length, 16; wing, 7.10; tarsus, 1.20. 
Hab.—North America, chiefly east to Rocky Mountains; to the Pacific 
Coast in Alaska; West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America to 
Ecuador. (Coues.) 
A frequent visitor on its way south, but rarely seen on its northward 
journey ; most numerous in October. Nine couple were killed in Pem- 
broke Marsh after the gale of the 22d October, 1854, and many more at 
St. David’s Island, where a native sportsman is said to have killed 
sixteen couple during the gale (Hurdis). I obtained several specimens 
in October and November, 1874, and saw two, one of which I knocked 
down, but unfortunately lost, in the mangrove swamp near the Sluice- 
gates, on April 30, 1875. 
Genus SPATULA, Boie. 
149. Spatula clypeata, (Linn.) Boie. Shoveller. 
Anas elypeata, Linn., Scop., Gm., Lath., Ill., Pall., Vieil., Brehm, Licht., 
Wils., Temm., Bp., and of earlier authors generally. 
Spatula clypeata, Boie, Gray, Cass., Bd., Scl., Cab., Coop. & Suck., Hayd., 
Lawr., Coues, and most late writers. 
Spathulea clypeata, Flem. 
Rhynchaspis clypeata, Leach., Steph., Sp- 
Anas rubens, Gm., Lath. 
Length, 20; wing, 9.50; tarsus, 1.38. 
Hab.—North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, southward to Guate- ~ 
mala, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico. (Coues.) 
“A single female specimen was shot in December, 1844, by Mr. C. B. 
Fozard” (Nat. in B., p. 47). 
Genus AIX, Boie. 
150. Aix sponsa, (Linn.) Boie. Wood Duck; Summer Duck. 
Anas sponsa, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Vieil., Licht., Steph., Bp., Nutt., Aud., 
Vig., Gir., Keys. & Blas., De Kay, Maxim. 
Aix sponsa, Boie, Eyt., Bp., Gray, Gosse, Cab., Bd., Coop. & Suck., Verr., Coues, 
Hayd., Dress., and most late writers. 
Dendronessa sponsa, Sw. & Rich. 
Lampronessa sponsa, Wag. 
Cosmonessa sponsa, Reich. 
Length, 19; wing, 9.50; tarsus, 1.40. 
