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October and November. Feeds on vegetable matter, mollusks, 

 worms and insects. 



10. Anas carolinensis Qmel. 



GREEN -WINGED TEAL. 



Male: Head, chestnut; upper parts and sides, waved with black and 

 white; ij'iiieath, whitish, spotted on breast with black; under tail coverts, 

 black. 



Female: Head and neck, brown streaked with reddish; above, mottled 

 with (lark brown, barred and streaked with tawny or grayish. Lenglli,14 

 inches. 



Occasional on the Connecticut river and on the ponds about 

 \mherst, during the migrations. 



1 1 . Anas discors Linn. 

 BLUE- WINGED TEAL. 



Male: Above, various shades of brown; head, dark leaden-gray; beneath, 

 purpUsh-gray, thickly spotted with black. 



Female; Above, dark brown, edges of feathers, paler; head, buff 

 streaked with blackish ; beneath, whltlSh.gray, obscurely spotted. Length, 

 15-16 Inches. 



Not rare on the Connecticut and occasional on the ponds 

 about Amherst, during the migrations. 



12. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



SHOVELLER DUCK. 



Head and neck, dark green In the male, brownish-yellow streaked with 

 dusky in the female; breast, white; belly, more or less purplish-chestnut; 

 rump, upper and under tall-coverts, black; wlng-eoverts, sky-blue. Length, 

 17-211nches. 



Has been taken a few times on the Connecticut river. 



13. Dafila acuta (Linn.). 

 PIN-TAIL DUCK. 



Male: Head and neck, rich dark brown; above, wared or striped with 

 black and whitish; beneath, white. 



Female: Head and neck, huffy; almost white beneath, streaked above 

 and on sides with blackish ; above, fuscous marked with bufly or whitish ; 

 beneath, whitish, spotted on the breast; Length, 22-30 inches. 



Reported onlv once ; the Connecticut river near Northampton. 



