40 NORTH AMKRIOAN DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS. 
Island, September L5, L903; Rhode [sland, September 4; eastern 
Massachusetts, September 11; Montreal, September 3. The main 
Sight i> a whole month later, bringing the birds in large numbers to 
Chesapeake Bay the middle of October and to the coast of North Caro- 
lina late in that month. Some very early migrants have been seen in 
west central Texas September 4: at Corpus Christi, Tex.. August L8, 
L902, and at the southern end of Lower California. August !29. The 
last ones leave the Arctic just about the time the first reach the Gulf 
of Mexico; the last were noted at Point Barrow, Alaska. September 7. 
L882; Kowak River, Alaska, September 14, 1898; St. Michael. Alaska. 
October 1<>; Fort Franklin, Mackenzie, September 27, 1903. Large 
Hocks begin to leave southern Minnesota the middle cf October, and 
most have departed by the first of November. 
[Poecilonetta bahamensis (Linn.). Bahama Dnck. 
This duck is among the species that range most widely in the Western Hemi- 
sphere. It is strange that it should not have been detected in Florida, for it occurs 
throughout the Bahamas, even in the most northern islands. Thence it ranges 
through the Greater and the Lesser Antilles to South America. In Brazil it is one 
of the most abundant ducks and occurs in decreasing numbers even south to the 
Falkland Islands. It has been recorded from every country of South America except 
( lolombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. It breeds throughout its range from the Baha- 
mas to the Falklands.] 
Aix spoxisa (Linn.). Wood Duck. 
Breeding range. — The wood duck is more closely confined to the 
Darted States than any other North American duck. South of this 
country it is not a rare resident in Cuba and is accidental in Jamaica 
and the Bermudas. It occurs in California south to Los Angeles and 
Ventura counties, in the latter of which it breeds. There is a single 
record for Mexico, at Mazatlan. It breeds in eastern Texas, south 
rarely to San Antonio; thence to the Pacific slope and north through- 
out the whole Rocky Mountain region it is rare or accidental. It is 
recorded as breeding in southwestern Colorado (Fort Lewis), north- 
ern Idaho (Fort Sherman), northern Montana (Flathead Lake), and 
as a rare migrant in various localities south to New Mexico and 
Arizona. 
The northern extension of its range is found in Nova Scotia and 
New Brunswick, for the species is not yet recorded from Newfound- 
land, and there seems to be no reliable record for Labrador. It 
ranges at least as far north as Montreal, Ottawa, Moose Factory, 
Trout Lake, and Cumberland House. It appears to be absent from 
the Rocky Mountain region of Canada, but occurs in southern British 
Columbia (Agassiz, Sumas, Chilliwack, and Burnaby Lake). 
It is one of the earliest ducks to breed, as young were found in 
northern Florida on March 1!>, 1 ^ T T . 
