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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Edmonton, 
  Alberta, 
  latitude 
  54°, 
  May 
  27, 
  and 
  in 
  

   southern 
  Ontario, 
  latitude 
  45°, 
  May 
  22. 
  Downy 
  young 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  

   the 
  Devils 
  Lake 
  region 
  of 
  North 
  Dakota 
  June 
  20. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  An 
  average 
  date 
  for 
  the 
  reappearance 
  of 
  the 
  green- 
  

   winged 
  teal 
  at 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  is 
  September 
  15 
  (earliest, 
  September 
  1, 
  1894); 
  

   at 
  Alexandria, 
  Va., 
  September 
  29 
  (earliest, 
  September 
  22); 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   considered 
  common 
  until 
  early 
  November. 
  Corresponding 
  dates 
  of 
  

   arrival 
  are: 
  Keokuk, 
  Iowa, 
  September 
  21; 
  central 
  Kansas, 
  September 
  

   12; 
  central 
  Texas, 
  September 
  22; 
  central 
  California, 
  September 
  17. 
  

   The 
  last 
  was 
  noted 
  on 
  Prince 
  Edward 
  Island, 
  November 
  4, 
  1890; 
  Mon- 
  

   treal, 
  Canada, 
  November 
  1, 
  1893; 
  Aweme, 
  Manitoba, 
  October 
  30, 
  1896; 
  

   Kowak 
  River, 
  Alaska, 
  September 
  3, 
  1898; 
  St. 
  Michael, 
  Alaska, 
  the 
  

   first 
  week 
  in 
  October. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  seen 
  in 
  southern 
  

   Ontario 
  (thirteen 
  years) 
  is 
  October 
  28 
  (latest, 
  November 
  7, 
  1890); 
  at 
  

   Keokuk, 
  Iowa 
  (seven 
  years), 
  November 
  22 
  (latest, 
  November 
  27, 
  1902). 
  

  

  Querquedula 
  discors 
  (Linn.). 
  Blue-winged 
  Teal. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  principal 
  summer 
  home 
  of 
  this 
  teal 
  is 
  the 
  

   interior 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  between 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains 
  and 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Lakes, 
  from 
  Northern 
  Illinois 
  and 
  central 
  Iowa 
  north 
  to 
  Saskatchewan. 
  

   The 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  common 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Allegheny 
  Mountains 
  nor 
  on 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  slope. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  breeding 
  rarely 
  in 
  Rhode 
  

   Island 
  (Sakonnet, 
  1890), 
  Maine 
  (Calais), 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Kings 
  

   County, 
  St. 
  John 
  County), 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  Anticosti 
  Island 
  and 
  New- 
  

   foundland, 
  Quebec 
  (Montreal, 
  Point 
  de 
  Monts), 
  Ungava 
  (Clearwater 
  

   Lake, 
  latitude 
  57°), 
  rare 
  in 
  southern 
  Ontario 
  (Toronto), 
  New 
  York 
  

   (Utica, 
  Auburn, 
  Buffalo, 
  formerly 
  Long 
  Island, 
  Black 
  Pond, 
  Ulster 
  

   County). 
  It 
  breeds 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  northern 
  Ohio 
  (Port 
  Clinton, 
  

   Sandusky), 
  southern 
  Indiana 
  (Gibson 
  County 
  and 
  Wheatland), 
  southern 
  

   Illinois 
  (Anna), 
  central 
  Missouri 
  (Kings 
  Lake, 
  Warrensburg, 
  Kansas 
  

   City), 
  central 
  Kansas 
  (Emporia, 
  Wichita, 
  Medicine 
  Lodge, 
  FortHays)- 
  

   casual 
  or 
  accidental 
  breeding 
  at 
  Fort 
  Reno, 
  Okla., 
  and 
  San 
  Antonio 
  

   and 
  Spring 
  Lake, 
  Texas 
  — 
  southern 
  Colorado 
  (Fort 
  Garland 
  and 
  La 
  

   Plata 
  County), 
  New 
  Mexico 
  (Santa 
  Rosa; 
  Black 
  Lake, 
  Colfax 
  County; 
  

   Chloride), 
  probably 
  in 
  Arizona 
  (Mogollon 
  Mountains), 
  central 
  Utah 
  

   (Thistle 
  Valley, 
  Fairfield), 
  northern 
  Nevada 
  (Truckee 
  Valley, 
  Washoe 
  

   Lake), 
  and 
  central 
  Oregon 
  (Burns). 
  

  

  The 
  breeding 
  range 
  extends 
  north 
  to 
  central 
  British 
  Columbia 
  (Lac 
  

   la 
  Hache, 
  158-Mile 
  House); 
  but 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  rare 
  or 
  accidental 
  in 
  Alaska 
  

   (Cape 
  Romanzoff), 
  Alberta 
  (Edmonton), 
  and 
  on 
  Great 
  Slave 
  Lake. 
  

   Much 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  learned 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  nesting 
  of 
  the 
  blue- 
  

   winged 
  teal 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  and 
  Central 
  America. 
  It 
  breeds 
  in 
  

   Jamaica 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Antilles, 
  quite 
  probably 
  also 
  in 
  Honduras 
  

   and 
  in 
  western 
  Mexico 
  (Mazatlan), 
  near 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Lower 
  

   California, 
  

  

  