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56. Anas carolinensis Gtnel. Green-winged Teal. (139.) 

 — Breeds from Minnesota and New Brunswick northward, and win- 

 ters thence southward to the West Indies. With us it is a rather 

 uncommon spring and fall migrant and winter resident. 



57. Anas discors Linn. Blue-winged Teal. (140.) — Breeds 

 from the northern Mississippi Valley and New Brunswick north- 

 ward and winters from Virginia to northern South America. It is 

 here a rare spring ami common fall migrant. 



58. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shovellkr ; Spoonbill. 

 (142 — Northern Hemisphere; in North America, breeding locally 

 in the interior, from Texas northward. In this vicinity the Shoveller 

 is a rare and irregular transient visitant. 



59. Dafila acuta (Lin/i.). Pintail; Sprigtail. (143.) — 

 Northern Hemisphere ; in North America breeds in the interior from 

 Iowa and Illinois northward ; winters from the Middle States south- 

 ward to the West Indies. Near New York it is a common migrant. 



*6o Aix sponsa [Linn.). Wood Duck ; Summer Duck. (144.) 

 — "Temperate North America, breeding throughout its range." 

 The Wood Duck is a rare summer resident on some of our more 

 retired, wooded streams, and becomes more common during the 

 migrations. 



61. Netta runna [Pall.). Rufous- 

 crested Duck. (145.) — This is an Old 

 World species which is known as North 

 American only from one specimen found 

 in Fulton Market, New York City, and 

 supposed to have been shot on Long Island. 



62. Aythyaamericana(^)/.)- Red- 

 head. (146.) — North America, breeding 

 from California and Maine northward, and 

 wintering from Virginia southward. On Fk;. 5. Redhead. 



L< \\g Island this species occurs as a re- 

 gular migrant, in varying numbers, and is 

 occasionally found in the winter (Dutc/ier, 

 MS.). 



63 Aythya vallisneria (U'i/s.). 

 Canvas-back. (147.) — North America, 

 breeding only in the interior, from 

 Minnesota northward, and wintering 

 from the Chesapeake southward. It 

 Fig. 6. Can v as-back. occurs here as a rare migrant. 



