22 — 



Fig. 4. Mallards. 



*5l. Anas obscura Gmel. Black Duck. (133.) — Breeds from 



New Jersey to Labrador and winters from Massachusetts south- 

 ward. It formerly nested in this vicinity, but now is found chiefly 

 as a migrant, and less commonly in the winter. It still nests at 

 some points on the Jersey coast, and in a few localities on Long 

 Island (Dutcher, MS.). (See Group, main floor, opposite Case F.) 



52. Anas strepera Linn. Gad wall. (135.) — Northern 

 Hemisphere ; in America more common in the interior, breeding 

 locally from Kansas northward. It is found only as a very rare 

 migrant in this vicinity. 



53. Anas penelope Linn. European Widgeon. (136.) — 

 An Old World species which occurs rarely on our coasts. It has 

 been taken at Leonia, New Jersey (Chapman, Auk, VI, 1889, p. 302). 



54. Anasamericana Gmel. Baldpate ; American Widgeon. 

 (137.) — Breeds in the interior, from Minnesota northward; not 

 common on the *\tlantic coast except from Virginia southward in 

 winter. In this vicinity it is an irregular transient visitant. 



55. Anas crecca Linn. European Green-winged Teal. 

 (138.) — An Old World species of rare occurrence on our coasts. 

 It is recorded from Trenton, N. J. {Abbott, Geology of New Jersey, 

 1868, p. 792), and Hartford, Conn. {Treat, Auk, VIII, 1891, p. 112). 



