Local Names of Migratory Game Birds. iE 
In local use.—Blaten duck (N. J.); canard gris (gray duck) (Que., La.); chickacock 
ont chickcock (Ala.); creek duck (Long Id., N. Y., N. C., Ga.); glissom duck 
Calif.); gray widgeon (Ga., Wis.); prairie mallard (Mo.); redwing (Ark.); shuttle- 
cock (Fla.); specklebelly (Long Id., N. Y.); widgeon (N. C., Ga., Fla., Ill.). 
Geographic index.—Ala., chickcock; Ark., redwing; Calif., glissom duck; Fla., 
shuttlecock, widgeon; Ga., creek duck, gray widgeon, widgeon; J/l., widgeon. La., 
canard gris, chickacock; Mo., prairie mallard; N. J., blaten duck; N. Y., creek 
duck, specklebelly; N. C., creek duck, widgeon; Que., canard gris; Wis., gray 
widgeon. 
BOOK NAMES. 
Bleating duck, canard chipeau, chipeau (the French vernacular name, perhaps 
referring to the scaled plumage of the breast), German duck, violon (violin, said by 
Audubon to be used for this species in Louisiana; probably an error, the name being 
commonly appled to the redhead, No. 146), Welsh drake. 
136. European Widgeon ( Mareca penelope). 
Range.—Northern part of the Eastern Hemisphere. Occurs occasionally in winter and in migration 
from Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Greenland, south to Nebraska, 
Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida; and in Alaska, British Columbia, and California. 
_ Itis not generally realized that the European widgeon is ofregular, not ofinfrequent or casual occurrence, 
in this country, but strong evidence ofthe fact is afforded by the number (7) of vernacular names that have 
been applied to the species. 
FIG. 7.—Baldpate. 
Vernacular names.—In general use: Widgeon (Long Id., N. Y., N.J.,S.C., Wis., 
Man., nee): In local use: Ice duck (Md.); Norwegian duck, Norwegian widgeon 
Gey redhead (Ga.); red-headed widgeon (N. C., Ill., Wash., Calif.); swamp widgeon 
acy 
Book names.—Canard siffleur (whistler duck), English widgeon, European baldie, 
European baldpate, old-world widgeon, red-headed baldie, whistling duck. Some of 
the British names for the species are baldpate, whew duck, whewer, whim, whistler, 
and yellowpoll. 
137. Baldpate ( Mareca americana). (Fie. 7.) 
Range—North America. Breeds from northwestern Alaska, and northern Mackenzie and central 
Keewatin(N. W.T.) south to Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, southern Wisconsin, and northern 
Indiana; winters from southern British Columbia, Arizona, southern Illinois, Maryland, and Delaware 
(casually Massachusetts and Rhode Island) south to southern Lower California, the West Indies, and 
Costa Rica; rare in migration to northern Ontario, northern Quebec, and Newfoundland; accidental in 
Hawaii, Bermuda, Commander Islands, and Europe. 
VERNACULAR NAMES. 
In general use—Baldpate (sometimes shortened to baldy or bally); widgeon. 
In local use.—Baldcrown (Md., Kans.); baldface (Md., D. C., Va., N. C.); bald- 
faced widgeon (Fla.); baldhead (Ga., Ill.); bald widgeon (Wis., lowa, Mo.); baldpate 
