LAMELLI ROSTRAL SWIMMERS 
134a. Mottled Duck. Anas fulvigula macu- 
losa. 
Range. — Gulf coast of Texas and up the Miss- 
issippi Valley to Kansas. 
The habits of this bird differ in no way from 
the preceding ones. The six to ten eggs are 
greenish buff in color. Size 2.15x1.55. 
135. Gadwall. Chaulelasmus streperus. 
Range. — Northern Hemisphere, breeding in 
America, chiefly in the United States and north 
to Manitoba, chiefly in the interior. 
Creamy buff 
South in winter to the Gulf. The males of these 
birds may be identified by the white speculum 
and the chestnut wing coverts. Gadwalls nest 
on the ground among the reeds of marshes or in 
the long grass of bordering fields; they make lit- 
tle or no nest but line the cavity with down from 
their breasts. They lay from seven to twelve Gadwall 
eggs of a creamy buff color. Size 2.10 x 1.60. Widgeon 
Data. — Benson Co., North Dakota, June 19, 1898. 
Eight eggs. Nest on the ground among rank grass on a low island in Devils 
Lake. Made of weeds lined with down. Collector, E. S. Rolfe. 
136. Widgeon. Mareca penelope 
Range. — Northern Hemisphere, 
breeding in America, only in the 
Aleutian Islands ; rare or accidental 
in other parts of the country. 
The European Widgeon is sim- 
ilar in build and plumage to the fol- 
lowing species, except that the 
whole head, with the exception of 
the white crown, is chestnut. They 
build their nests in the rushes, mak- 
ing them of reeds and grass and 
lining them with feathers. They 
lay from six to ten light buff color- 
ed eggs. Size 2.20 x 1.50. 
Pale buff 
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