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The Baldpate in Rhode Island. —The American Widgeon or Bald- 
pate (Mareca americana ) has been unusually abundant in the wateis of 
Southern Rhode Island during November, and the first week of Decem¬ 
ber, 1882. About December 1 a gentleman brought in a bunch for identi¬ 
fication, and at the same time informed me that he had just killed twenty- , 
four._F. T. Jencks, Providence , /?. /. BU& N. O. O 8, Jan, 1883, p. *> / ■ 
