﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  193 
  

  

  white 
  crescent 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  wing; 
  iipper 
  parts 
  and 
  flanks 
  finely 
  waved 
  with 
  

   black 
  bars 
  on 
  a 
  grayish 
  white 
  surface 
  ; 
  under 
  parts 
  whitish, 
  buff 
  y 
  on 
  breast 
  

   and 
  clouded 
  with 
  gray 
  and 
  marked 
  with 
  round 
  white 
  spots 
  ; 
  outer 
  scapulars 
  

   and 
  tail 
  coverts, 
  and 
  crissum 
  black, 
  a 
  buffy 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  

   brownish 
  gray 
  ; 
  mirror 
  bright 
  green, 
  velvety 
  black 
  on 
  outer 
  parts, 
  bordered 
  

   with 
  ocherous 
  buff 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  with 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  rear; 
  bill 
  black; 
  

   feet 
  bluish 
  gray; 
  iris 
  brown. 
  Female 
  and 
  young: 
  No 
  crest; 
  head 
  and 
  neck 
  

   brown 
  streaked 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  throat 
  and 
  foreneck 
  grayish; 
  upper 
  

   parts 
  varied 
  with 
  dark 
  brown, 
  tawny 
  and 
  grayish; 
  whitish 
  or 
  grayish 
  

   below, 
  tinged 
  with 
  buffy 
  on 
  breast 
  and 
  spotted 
  with 
  dusky; 
  wings 
  similar 
  

   to 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  13-15 
  inches 
  ; 
  extent 
  2 
  2-24 
  ; 
  wing 
  7-7.6 
  ; 
  tail 
  3 
  ; 
  bill 
  1.5; 
  tarsus 
  1.2. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  and 
  migration. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  uncommon 
  along 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   coast 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  but 
  is 
  common 
  along 
  the 
  Hudson 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  

   lakes 
  and 
  marshes 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  occurs 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   as 
  a 
  migrant, 
  appearing 
  soon 
  after 
  the 
  Mallard 
  and 
  Pintail 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  

   leaving 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April 
  for 
  its 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

   It 
  returns 
  from 
  the 
  5th 
  to 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  September 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  

   depart 
  for 
  the 
  south 
  from 
  October 
  20th 
  to 
  November 
  loth, 
  being 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  states 
  and 
  Mexico 
  throughout 
  the 
  winter. 
  Occasionally, 
  

   however, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  both 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  

   winter. 
  Mr 
  Ottomar 
  Reinecke 
  reports 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  its 
  breeding 
  on 
  Strawberry 
  

   island, 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  and 
  Foster 
  Parker 
  one 
  case 
  on 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  mar- 
  

   shes, 
  while 
  wing 
  tipped 
  birds 
  have 
  undoubtedly 
  bred 
  in 
  other 
  localities. 
  

   The 
  breeding 
  range, 
  according 
  to 
  Cooke, 
  extends 
  from 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

   to 
  northern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  Oregon 
  and 
  southward 
  in 
  the 
  Rocky 
  mountain 
  

   region 
  to 
  New 
  Mexico 
  and 
  north 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  barren 
  ground 
  on 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  bay 
  and 
  Kotzebue 
  sound, 
  the 
  "main 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  being 
  in 
  west 
  

   central 
  Canada 
  from 
  Manitoba 
  to 
  Athabasca." 
  

  

  The 
  Green-wing 
  is 
  a 
  noisier 
  bird 
  than 
  the 
  Blue-winged 
  teal, 
  the 
  male 
  

   uttering 
  a 
  short 
  mellow 
  whistle 
  and 
  the 
  duck 
  a 
  quack 
  after 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  

   a 
  Black 
  duck 
  but 
  small, 
  high-pitched 
  and 
  more 
  often 
  repeated. 
  It 
  feeds 
  

   chiefly 
  at 
  night 
  on 
  aquatic 
  plants, 
  snails, 
  insects 
  and 
  crustaceans. 
  Its 
  nest 
  

   is 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  near 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  or 
  marsh. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   are 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  12 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  greenish 
  buff 
  color, 
  about 
  1.85 
  x 
  1.25 
  inches. 
  

  

  