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WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



downy young in a pond on the river fiats near Nyack, April 5 ; and 

 as tlie forest cruiser, H. E. Flint, saw mallards in the river near 

 there in December, they evidently wintered there and bred early. 



Gadwall: Chcmlelasmufi streperux. — As their Latin name indi- 

 cates, the gadwalls are noisy ducks. The drake may be recog- 

 nized by his brown and wliite wing patches, and the duck by her 

 Avhite patches and pure white wing linings. 



A brood of about a dozen dark, j'ellow-spotted, downy young were 

 found, July 19, by Mr. Bailey, swimming around under the willows 

 on a beaver pond between ]\Iany Glaciers and Sherburne Lake. 

 One adult was also seen, August 9, on Lake Elizabeth, in the Belly 

 River region. In the fall of 1887 Dr. Grinnell found gadwalls 

 " abundant on shallow j^rairie lakes on Milk River Ridge and north- 

 ward."' 



Baldpate: Mareca awericana. — Mr. Stevenson questions whether 

 the baldpates breed at all in the park, and Mr. Gibb reports them 



only as spring and fall mi- 

 grants. In 1887 Dr. Grin- 

 nell found them in the St. 

 ilary Lakes region, abun- 

 dant through September 

 and October but leaving be- 

 fore the 1st of November. 

 On April 21, 1918, Mr. 

 Baile}' found baldpates the 

 most numerous ducks on 

 Lake McDonald, in large 

 and small flocks, out in the 

 middle of the lake and along shore. Sometimes a hundred or more 

 would be seen sitting in long rows on a beach in the sun. The next 

 daj^ the lake was rough and few were seen, so it is evident that the 

 migrating hordes had merelj' stopped to rest. 



Green-winged Teal: Nettion caroKnense. — A mounted specimen 

 of the prettj' little green-winged teal Avith brown head, green cheek 

 stripe and wing patch may be seen at Lewis's, and Mr. Gibb says 

 that it nests in the park, particularly on the west side of the moun- 

 tains. Mr. Stevenson says that it is seen in great flocks spring 

 and fall, being the commonest teal of the park. In 1887 Dr. Grin- 

 nell found it abundant in the St. Mary Lakes region in open water 

 'up 1o November. 



On April 21 -and 22, 1918, Mr. Bailey found green-winged teal 

 among the most abundant ducks on Lake McDonald. Hundreds 

 were seen scattered over the lake in small mixed flocks of other 

 species. 



From Handbook of Birds of the "Western United States, 



Fig. 23. — Baldpate. 



