Early European Widgeon on Long Island. On Sept. 12, 1915, 
a European Widgeon (. Mareca penebpe) was observed by the writers on 
Moriches Bay under the beach meadows at Mastic, Long Island, with 
three American Widgeon (M. americana). It was examined carefully 
through binoculars in sufficie ntly good light to make out its gray, dark- 
tipped bill. The head was chestnut, the sides of the breast cinnamon, and 
' as it flew the white in the wing was of course conspicuous. It was probably 
an eclipse male. This is a very early, so far as we know, the earliest 
recorded date for this rare duck. Strangely enough on Sept. 12, 1914, 
at almost exactly the same spot, a reddish headed bird was observed by the 
senior writer among about fifty American Widgeon, which were associated 
with a large flock of Black Duck. This 1914 bird was, however, not 
satisfactorily determined. — J. T. Nichols and Ludlow Griscom, New 
York City. 
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