36 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



1892. Lawton states in his list that it has been taken at New- 

 port. ^ 



(37) 137- Mareca americana Gmel. Baldpate. Ameri- 

 can Widgeon. — A rare winter visitant. Mr. Sturtevant took a 

 bird at Middletown on September 20, 1889. Mr. F. T. Jencks 

 recorded the species " as unusually abundant in the waters of 

 southern Rhode Island during November and the first week of 

 December, 1882,"^ and Mr. Newton Dexter writes that " they are 

 not uncommon in the ponds along shore in the fall." 



^September 20 to (April). 



(38) 139- Nettion carolinensis Gmel. Gjieen- winged 

 Teal. — An uncommon migrant and rare winter visitant to the 

 ponds, much the rarer of the Teals.* 



October 7 to (April). 



(39) 140. Querquedula discors Linn. Blue- winged 

 Teal. — Not an uncommon migrant, rarer in the spring. Breeds 

 locally. Mr. Newton Dexter writes that a nest with eggs which 

 he saw was taken at Sakonnet in May, 1890, by a Mr. Sisson. 

 Lawton says this species is " always to be met with after the first 

 northwest wind in September." ' 



September, October, May. 



(40) 142. Spatula clypeata Linn. Shoveller. Shoveller 

 Duck. Spoonbill. — Lawton's List states that it has been taken 

 at Newport.^ Mr. Newton Dexter says that a pair were tkken 

 near Newport in 1858.' One was killed at Quonocontaug Pond by 

 Mr. E. W. Champlin, April '10, 1894. Mr. S. W. Field writes 

 that the older natives say that it was one of the common Ducks 

 that fed in Point Judith Pond. 



'Lawton's List, p. 17. 



^ Bull. Nut. Cm. Club, Vol. VIII, No. i, p. 62. 



*F. & S., Vol. 15, No. 14, p. 271, and Vol. 17, No. 11, p. 211. 



'Lawton's List, p. i6. 



