46 DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NOETH AMERICA. 



finely pencilled with black ; a broad patch of white on the wing ; most of the secondaries have 

 the outer web black edged with white ; the inner webs are grayish towards the tip ; speculum^ 

 black and green ; axillary plumes, white with dark shafts. 



Adult female : Head and throat, whitish or buffy white, streaked and mottled with black ; 

 back, grayish brown ; tertials, dusky, edged with whitish. 



Length, 19; wing, 10.50; tarsus, 1.60; bill, 1.40. 



This species ranges nearly throughout Noith America, but does not breed 

 on the Atlantic coast, as far as known. It is very common in winter in our 

 Southern States, and is found in the West Indies, Central America, and North- 

 ern South America. It breeds in the interior ; the eggs are from eight to 

 twelve, pale brownish white in color. 



Note of the male is three soft whistles, " Do, mi, do," of the scale ; the 

 female " quacks." 



ANAS PENELOPE Linn. 



European Widgeon. 



The European Widgeon (Anas penelope), which occasionally wanders to 

 our shores, has the head cinnamon, speckled with brown, while the American 

 Widgeon has the head grayish, speckled with dusky. The females somewhat 

 resemble each other, but the head and throat of the European bird is pale brown. 



