ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
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254. Mareca PENELOPE (LiNN.), Selby. EUROPEAN WIDGEON. Group I. 
Class c. 
Mr. Nelson in liis Birds of Northeastern Illinois has the following: “Exceed¬ 
ingly rare straggler. It has also been shot on liake Mendota in Wisconsin by 
Mr. Kumlien (Hoy).” 
255. Mareca Americana (Gm.), Steph. AMERICAN W IDG BON. Group 1. 
Class c. 
A common migrant. 
Food: Tender roots of aquatic plants (Wilson). Chiefly aquatic vegetables 
(De Kay). Principally tender roots and leaves of aquatic plants (Samuels). 
256. Querquedula Carolinensis (Gm.), Steph. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 
Group I. Class c. 
This exquisite Duck is a common migi'ant and summer resident. It breeds 
about Lake Puckawa, and near Berlin, and doubtless elsewhere in similar situa¬ 
tions. 
Food: Feeds on various kinds of grass; also leaves of tender vegetables (Wil¬ 
son). Various water insects and their larvae, seeds of aquatic plants, and tad¬ 
poles of different frogs (Samuels). Seeds of grasses, small acorns, fallen grapes 
and berries, aquatic insects, worms and snails (Audubon). 
257. Querquedula discors (Linn.), Steph. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 
Group I. Class c. 
This is our most common summer resident, breeding in large numbers in most 
suitable places. 
Food: Of four specimens examined, three had eaten sixty snails; one, vege¬ 
table matter; and one, seeds and duck-weed. 
Seeds and vegetable food (Wilson). Aquatic insects and seeds of aquatic 
plants (Samuels). 
258. Spatula clypeata (Linn.), Boie. SHOVELLER; SPOONBILL DUCK. 
Group I. Class c. 
A rather common migrant. It may also breed in the state, as it is said to do 
so in Illinois. 
Food: Various aquatic insects and tadpoles, but eats but few seeds of aquatic 
plants; small crustaceans (Samuels). 
259. Aix SPONSA (Linn.), Boie. WOOD DUCK; SUMMER DUCK. Group I. 
Class c. 
This handsome Duck breeds in abundance along Bark river and about small 
wooded lakes south and east of Whitewater, as well as along the wooded streams 
in Northern Wisconsin, and doubtless generally in similar situations. 
Food: Of five specimens examined, one had eaten two dragon-flies and three 
water-larvae; three, black cherries; one, burr oak acorns; and three, seeds. 
Seeds of wild oats, acorns and insects (Wilson). Acorns, seeds of aquatic 
plants and insects (De Kay). Food of young, aquatic insects, flies, mosquitoes 
and seeds. When older they chase dragon-flies, or pick up locusts that have 
fallen into the stream. Old birds eat acorns, beech-nuts, grapes, berries and 
rice; insects, snails, tadpoles and lizards. 
