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Blue-winged Teal —(Querquedula discors). 
A small, common, black-headed, spotted, brown-bodied duck, with a bright 
patch of light blue on the wing coverts and a white crescent on the side of the 
head in front of the eye. The female has the wings nearly as above given, 
but the head is very different, being blackish and huffy-spotted or dotted, 
and the throat is about white. These birds fly in small, dense flocks. 
Breeds in northern United States. Winters south to West Indies. Coimuon 
transient on fresh waters. 
Shoveller; Broad-bill; Spoon-bill Duck —(Spatula clypeaia). 
A large, broad-billed, bright-colored, white-breasted, chestnut-brown-bellied, 
dark-headed duck, with blue wing coverts and green speculum. The bill is 
spoon-shaped, being nearly twice as wide near the tip as at the base. The 
female is mainly dark-brown blotched on a buff ground; the middle of the 
belly is lightest and the back darkest. The wings are much like those of the 
male. The large, spoon-shaped bill distinguishes the species. 
Pintail —(Dafila acuta). 
A sharp-tailed, dark-brown-lieaded, wavy-gray-backed duck, with a long 
neck, having a white stripe on the side and a black line above. The breast 
and belly are white and the sides strongly marked with wavy black lines? 
the central tail feathers are much lengthened and glossed with green. The 
female has a streaky blackish and buffy head, whitish throat, dark huffy breast, 
spotted with blackish, and very much spotted and barred sides and back. 
Breeds in northern United States. Winters south to Cuba. A common 
transient in October and November. 
Wood Duck; Summer Duck — (Aixsponsa). 
A common, distinctly crested, brilliantly colored, woodland-living duclc, 
with greens, blues, buffs, browns, blacks and whites in plumage. It has to 
be seen to be appreciated—it is so beautiful. 
Breeds iu temperate North America and Cuba. Winters in some localities. 
Common on fresh water. 
Redhead —( Aythya americana ). 
A duc-k similar to the canvas-back, and often confounded with it. The head 
is a lighter color and has not the blackish blotches found on crown and chin 
of that species; the comparative width of bill is greater. Found on bays and 
rivers rather than on coasts. 
Breeds mainly northward. Winters southward to Mexico. A transient and 
occasional winter visitant, but not common on the coast. 
Canvas-back —(Aythya vallisneria ). 
A large, chestnut-headed, black-breasted duck, with the back, wings and 
lower belly appearing like canvas, with fine, wavy cross lines of black and 
white, the white lines wider. 
Breeds in northwestern United States. Winters southward to Mexico. Not 
common in New Jersey, and becoming scarcer yearly. Considered one of Lhe- 
best ducks for epicures. 
