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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  month 
  of 
  September, 
  especially 
  the 
  latter 
  half, 
  

   sees 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  baldpates 
  over 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  between 
  

   the 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  and 
  Cuba 
  and 
  Louisiana; 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  only 
  the 
  

   advance 
  scouts; 
  the 
  main 
  body 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States 
  

   early 
  in 
  October, 
  and 
  reaches 
  the 
  middle 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  that 
  month. 
  Dates 
  of 
  arrival 
  are: 
  Middletown, 
  R. 
  I., 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  20, 
  1889; 
  East 
  Hartford, 
  Conn., 
  September 
  29, 
  1888; 
  Beaver, 
  

   Pa., 
  August 
  30, 
  1890. 
  Stragglers 
  have 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  

   and 
  in 
  northern 
  Pennsylvania 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  in 
  December, 
  

   but 
  most 
  leave 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  month 
  earlier. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  at 
  which 
  

   the 
  last 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  Ottawa, 
  Ontario, 
  is 
  October 
  27, 
  latest 
  November 
  

   6, 
  1890; 
  at 
  Keokuk, 
  Iowa, 
  November 
  13, 
  latest 
  November 
  18, 
  1892. 
  

   The 
  last 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  Montreal 
  September 
  20, 
  1897; 
  Edmonton, 
  

   Alberta, 
  November 
  6, 
  1896; 
  Kowak 
  River, 
  Alaska, 
  September 
  20, 
  

   1898; 
  St. 
  Michael, 
  Alaska, 
  October 
  1. 
  

  

  Nettion 
  crecca 
  (Linn.). 
  European 
  Teal. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  widely 
  distributed 
  Old 
  World 
  species, 
  accidental 
  in 
  the 
  

   Western 
  Hemisphere. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  Greenland, 
  Labrador, 
  

   Nova 
  Scotia, 
  Maine, 
  Massachusetts, 
  Connecticut, 
  Long 
  Island, 
  near 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  California, 
  and 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  dates 
  of 
  capture 
  

   range 
  through 
  every 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  except 
  January, 
  August, 
  and 
  

   October; 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  November 
  to 
  April. 
  

  

  Nettion 
  carolinense 
  (Gmel.). 
  Green-winged 
  Teal. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  probably 
  have 
  bred 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   north 
  central 
  Pennsylvania 
  (Lycoming 
  County), 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   reported 
  as 
  nesting 
  near 
  Buffalo, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  The 
  regular 
  breeding 
  range 
  

   extends 
  from 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  through 
  northeastern 
  Quebec 
  and 
  New- 
  

   foundland, 
  to 
  Ungava 
  Bay, 
  Labrador, 
  latitude 
  58°. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  

   migrant 
  in 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  hence 
  undoubtedly 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  

   part. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  a 
  rare 
  breeder 
  in 
  southern 
  Ontario 
  

   (Toronto, 
  Point 
  aux 
  Pins, 
  Oshawa, 
  Gravenhurst). 
  The 
  southern 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  the 
  breeding 
  range 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  Illinois 
  

   (Rockford, 
  Lacon, 
  Fernwood), 
  in 
  Michigan 
  (Neebish 
  Island), 
  Wiscon- 
  

   sin 
  (Lake 
  Koshkonong, 
  formerly), 
  Minnesota 
  (Faribault, 
  Heron 
  Lake), 
  

   Nebraska 
  (Dewey 
  Lake, 
  Badger, 
  Valentine), 
  Colorado 
  (Beloit, 
  San 
  

   Luis 
  Valley), 
  New 
  Mexico 
  (San 
  Miguel 
  County), 
  Utah 
  (Salt 
  Lake), 
  

   Nevada 
  (Washoe 
  Lake), 
  Oregon 
  (Fort 
  Klamath). 
  The 
  range 
  extends 
  

   north 
  to 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Barren 
  Grounds 
  from 
  near 
  Fort 
  Churchill, 
  

   Hudson 
  Bay, 
  to 
  Fort 
  Anderson, 
  to 
  Kotzebue 
  Sound, 
  and 
  nearly 
  to 
  

   Point 
  Barrow. 
  It 
  breeds 
  throughout 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Chain 
  to 
  the 
  Near 
  

   Islands. 
  It 
  is 
  rare 
  as 
  a 
  breeder 
  everywhere 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains, 
  arid 
  the 
  main 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  are 
  in 
  west 
  

   central 
  Canada 
  from 
  Manitoba 
  to 
  Lake 
  Athabasca. 
  It 
  has 
  wandered 
  

  

  