CLASS II. 
AVES: ORDEE 8. NATATORES. 
THE PISTAIL DUCK. 
The Pintail Dxtck, A, acuta, 
is, including the tail, twenty-six 
to twenty-eight inches long; com- 
mon in Europe and America. 
The European Widgeon, jI. 
Penelope, is eighteen inches long ; 
common in Europe, and acci- 
dental on the Atlantic coast of 
the United States. 
The American Widgeon or 
Baldpate, a. Americana — Ma- 
reca Americana of Gmelin — is 
nineteen inches long ; common 
in North America ; accidental in 
Europe. 
The Black Duck, A. obscura, 
is twenty-two inches long; abun- 
dant in the United States ; not 
yet found in Europe. 
The Garganey or Summer 
Teal, A. guerquediUa, is sixteen 
inches long; common in South- 
ern Europe and India. 
The English Teal, A, crecca 
— Nettion crecca of Linnaeus — is 
fourteen and a half inches long; 
common in Europe ; accidental 
on the eastern coast of the Unit- 
ed States. 
The Blue-winged Teal, A. 
discors, is fifteen inches long ; 
found on the eastern coast of the 
United States ; not yet noticed 
in Europe, nor on the Pacific. 
The Red-breasted Teal — 
Querquedula cyanoptera of Baird 
— is found on the western coast 
of North and South America. 
The Summer Duck or Wood 
Duck, A. sponsa, nineteen inches 
long, is a very beautiful species ; 
M-Zi found throughout North Amer- 
ica, Mexico, and the West In- 
dies. Wilson says: "During the 
whole of our winters they are oc- 
occasionally seen in the States 
south of the Potomac. On the 
10th of January, I met with two 
on a creek near Petersburgh, in 
Virginia. In the more northern 
districts, however, they are mi- 
gratory. In Pennsylvania, the female usually begins to lay late in April or early in May. In- 
stances have been known where the nest was constructed of a few sticks laid in a fork of the 
TEE AMEKICAN V/IDOEON. 
THE GARGANBX. 
