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Bulletin Wisconsin Natural History Society [Vol. 13, No. 2 
Anas piatyrhynchos Linnaeus. Mallard 
One of the most common of our ducks on Lake Puckaway. 
This duck breeds in large numbers in this county; nesting in the 
larger sloughs along the Fox and White Rivers. King reports 
it as a common breeding species about Lake Puckaway. 2 
Anas rubripes Brewster. Black Duck 
A quite common migrant, especially on Green Lake, where it 
was taken in the fall of 1903, 1905, 1908. 
Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus) Gadwall 
A rare migrant. Taken by gunners on Lake Puckaway on 
several occasions. 
Mareca americana (Gmelin) Baldpate 
A rather common migrant. Taken on Lake Puckaway, Green 
Lake, and in a slough east of the White River Locks. 
Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) Green- Winged Teal 
Arrives March 21st to April 18th. Among the first of our 
fall-migrating ducks to arrive. Breeds on Lake Puckaway. 
Also reported as a breeding species on Lake Puckaway and near 
Berlin, by Air. King. 5 
Querquedula discors (Linnaeus) Blue-Winged Teal 
Arrives about the same time as the preceding; however, in 
1910 it appeared March 1st. Much more common than the 
above. Nests were found on Lake Puckaway and in a slough 
on the Fox River. 
Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus). Shoveler 
Common during migrations. Fall of 1912 it was unusually 
common on Lake Puckaway. It is not as common on Green 
Lake. 
Dafila acuta (Linnaeus). Pintail 
An early migrant and quite common. Very abundant on 
Green Lake and Puckaway in the fall of 1904. 
* Geology of Wisconsin, vol. I, p. 604, 1873-1879. 
3 Geology of Wisconsin, vol. I, p. 605, 1873-1879. 
