The European Widgeon in Central New York. — On April 11, 1915, 
Prof. A. A. Allen and I were in the Montezuma marshes at the outlet of 
Lake Cayuga, attempting to photograph the wild fowl. Leaving Prof. 
Allen in the blind I wandered over the marsh to “ Black Lake ” where a 
handsome drake of this species was discovered in a flock of Baldpate. An 
hour or so later we both returned, and the European Widgeon was observed 
at fairly close range through prism glasses for a quarter of an hour, every 
detail of plumage being satisfactorily made out. The species has not 
been recorded from the Cayuga Lake Basin in many years, and through 
Prof. Allen’s courtesy I am able to record our observation.— Ltjdlow 
Griscom, Ithaca, N. Y. 
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