﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  This 
  duck 
  has 
  long, 
  pointed 
  wings, 
  and 
  a 
  rather 
  "long 
  geared" 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  when 
  fl3^ing. 
  Its 
  quack 
  is 
  often 
  repeated 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  

   and 
  is 
  somewhat 
  shriller 
  than 
  the 
  Mallard's. 
  

  

  Mareca 
  penelope 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   European 
  Widgeon 
  

  

  Plate 
  13 
  

  

  Anas 
  penelope 
  Linnaeus. 
  Sj'st. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:126 
  

  

  DeKav. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  346 
  

   A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  136 
  

  

  mare'ca, 
  Brazilian 
  name 
  of 
  teal; 
  peiie'lope, 
  Gr. 
  and 
  Lat., 
  wife 
  of 
  Ulysses; 
  

   perhaps 
  should 
  be 
  from 
  penelops, 
  Pliny's 
  name 
  for 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  duck 
  

  

  Description. 
  Male: 
  Crown 
  creamy 
  huff; 
  throat 
  black; 
  rest 
  of 
  head 
  

   and 
  neck 
  cinnamon-red 
  mostly 
  without 
  green 
  or 
  spots 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  plumage 
  very 
  

   similar 
  to 
  Mareca 
  americana. 
  Female 
  and 
  young: 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  

   strongly 
  tinged 
  with 
  cinnamon, 
  otherwise 
  like 
  americana 
  [see 
  pi. 
  13]. 
  

  

  The 
  Widgeon, 
  or 
  English 
  widgeon 
  as 
  sportsmen 
  call 
  it, 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  

   so 
  rare 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  supposed 
  in 
  eastern 
  North 
  America. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  

   definite 
  records 
  for 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Long 
  Island. 
  (Found 
  in 
  Fulton 
  Market). 
  Dec. 
  3, 
  1842. 
  Giraud, 
  Birds 
  of 
  L. 
  I., 
  

   p. 
  308-10; 
  see 
  also, 
  Lawrence, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  14: 
  190; 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  5: 
  339 
  

  

  Southampton, 
  L. 
  L 
  (Fulton 
  Market). 
  Jan. 
  6, 
  1873. 
  N. 
  T. 
  Lawrence, 
  N. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Bui. 
  

   3: 
  98; 
  see 
  also, 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream, 
  10: 
  235 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  lake, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  May 
  1880. 
  Fowler, 
  Wright 
  & 
  Rathbun, 
  0. 
  & 
  O. 
  7: 
  133 
  

  

  Spring 
  1882. 
  6". 
  (David 
  Copeman). 
  F.S.Wright 
  

  

  Long 
  Island. 
  Winter 
  1899. 
  Sanford, 
  Bishop 
  & 
  Van 
  Dyke. 
  (Reference 
  lost) 
  

  

  Gardiners 
  island, 
  L. 
  L 
  Nov. 
  27, 
  1901. 
  N. 
  T. 
  Lawrence, 
  Auk, 
  19: 
  196 
  

   " 
  Feb. 
  5, 
  1902. 
  Braislin, 
  Auk, 
  21: 
  288 
  

  

  Cavuga 
  marshes, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  Several 
  taken. 
  Foster 
  Parker 
  

  

  Long 
  Island. 
  "Apparently 
  breeding." 
  Brewer, 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Proc. 
  1858. 
  6:419 
  

  

  Although 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  definite 
  dates 
  for 
  specimens 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  marshes, 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  several 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   have 
  been 
  killed 
  there 
  by 
  duck 
  hunters 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  20 
  years. 
  The 
  testi- 
  

   mony 
  of 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr 
  Foster 
  Parker, 
  who 
  saw 
  these 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  flesh, 
  I 
  

   regard 
  as 
  conclusive. 
  If 
  sportsmen 
  will 
  keep 
  a 
  sharp 
  lookout 
  for 
  this 
  duck 
  

   and 
  report 
  all 
  instances 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence, 
  I 
  believe 
  we 
  shall 
  find 
  it 
  almost 
  

   as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  Gadwall 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  