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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  Alaska. 
  The 
  western 
  shores 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Bay 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   limit 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  breeding 
  ground 
  in 
  North 
  America. 
  A 
  few 
  birds 
  

   have 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  Labrador, 
  north 
  to 
  Ungava 
  ftey, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Greenland, 
  north 
  to 
  Upernavik, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  Newfoundland 
  and 
  the 
  

   Maritime 
  Provinces. 
  But 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  breeding 
  records 
  east 
  of 
  

   the 
  line 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Ba} 
  T 
  to 
  the 
  western 
  shore 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Michigan; 
  examples 
  are: 
  St. 
  George 
  Island, 
  James 
  Bay 
  ; 
  St. 
  Clair 
  

   Flats, 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  the 
  north 
  shore 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  Breeding 
  abun- 
  

   dantly 
  along 
  the 
  northern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Superior 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  the 
  species 
  decreases 
  in 
  numbers 
  

   southward 
  until 
  it 
  is 
  rare 
  or 
  casual 
  as 
  a 
  breeder 
  in 
  southern 
  Wiscon- 
  

   sin, 
  northern 
  Illinois 
  (Will, 
  Calumet 
  Marsh, 
  Grass 
  Lake); 
  southern 
  

   Minnesota 
  (Faribault, 
  Waverly, 
  Heron 
  Lake); 
  northern 
  Iowa 
  (Han- 
  

   cock 
  Count}"); 
  southern 
  South 
  Dakota 
  (Vermilion, 
  Scotland, 
  Running 
  

   Water), 
  and 
  northern 
  Nebraska 
  (Kennedy, 
  Ha}^ 
  Lake); 
  accidental 
  near 
  

   Kansas 
  City, 
  Mo. 
  ; 
  abundant 
  in 
  Montana 
  and 
  rare 
  in 
  Wyoming' 
  (Lake 
  

   Desmet), 
  Colorado 
  (Larimer 
  County), 
  and 
  probably 
  Arizona 
  (Mormon 
  

   Lake): 
  common 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  rare 
  and 
  local 
  through 
  

   Washington 
  (Mabton) 
  and 
  Oregon 
  (Rock 
  Creek 
  Sink) 
  to 
  southern 
  

   California 
  (Alamitos). 
  The 
  northern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  breeding 
  range 
  

   extends 
  from 
  the 
  Arctic 
  coast 
  northwest 
  of 
  Hudson 
  Bay 
  west 
  to 
  

   Alaska 
  and 
  the 
  Siberian 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  pintail 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  and 
  

   migrates 
  south 
  in 
  winter 
  to 
  northern 
  Africa 
  and 
  southern 
  Asia. 
  A 
  

   few 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Bermudas 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter. 
  

  

  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  pintail 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  winter 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  uncommon 
  coastwise 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Flor- 
  

   ida; 
  man}- 
  spend 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  Cuba, 
  a 
  few 
  pass 
  to 
  Jamaica, 
  and 
  there 
  

   is 
  one 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  Porto 
  Rico; 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  

   winter 
  ducks 
  from 
  Mexico 
  to 
  Costa 
  Rica, 
  rare 
  in 
  Panama; 
  a 
  few 
  win- 
  

   ter 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  while 
  accidentals 
  in 
  

   winter 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  L} 
  T 
  nn, 
  Mass. 
  Only 
  

   a 
  few 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valle}" 
  north 
  of 
  southern 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  

   thence 
  the 
  winter 
  home 
  extends 
  through 
  Texas, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  

   Arizona 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  abundant 
  at 
  this 
  season 
  as 
  far 
  

   north 
  as 
  southern 
  British 
  Columbia. 
  The 
  species 
  winters 
  casually 
  in 
  

   southern 
  Ohio 
  and 
  southern 
  Indiana, 
  while 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  it 
  has 
  become 
  

   a 
  regular 
  local 
  winter 
  resident 
  in 
  southern 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  pintail 
  vies 
  with 
  the 
  mallard 
  in 
  the 
  earli- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  its 
  spring 
  movements; 
  these 
  two, 
  with 
  the 
  Canada 
  goose, 
  are 
  

   among 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  waterfowl 
  to 
  wing 
  their 
  way 
  northward. 
  Even 
  

   in 
  February, 
  while 
  winter 
  still 
  holds 
  sway, 
  restless 
  adventurers 
  appear 
  

   in 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  which, 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  favored 
  spots, 
  forbids 
  

   residence 
  through 
  the 
  winter. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  arrival 
  of 
  these 
  

   birds 
  in 
  central 
  Indiana 
  (fourteen 
  years) 
  is 
  February 
  21; 
  southern 
  

  

  