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Range (Northern hemisphere in America)

Northern hemisphere; in America, breeds in the interior locally from Kansas northward to the arctic regions; known to breed on the Atlantic the Atlantic coast only at Anticosti; winters from Virginia to Florida and Texas.

Washington, common W. V., Sept. to Apl. Long Island, A. V. Eggs, eight to twelve, pale buff or buffy white, 2.09 × 1.57 (Ridgw.). This species is common in the interior and in Florida, but is rather rare in the other Atlantic States. Its call-note is said to resemble that resemble that of the Mallard, "but is rather more shrill, and frequently repeated." Ad. .-Crown 136. Anas penelope Linn. EUROPEAN WIDGEON. Ad. OF .-Crown creamy buff; throat blackish, rest of head and neck rufous-brown; upper breast vinaceous, lower breast and belly white sides and back finely marked finely marked with wavy black and white lines. Ad.. - Head and throat deep ochraceousbuff, finely streaked and barred with black, darker above; upper breast and ; upper breast and sides much the same color, but without black markings; lower breast and ; lower breast and belly white; back grayish brown, the feathers with small ochraceous buffy small ochraceous buffy bars; tertials fuscous, bordered by deep ochraceous buffy; greater wing-cov- ; greater wing-coverts brownish gray, usually whiter on the outer webs and tipped with black. and tipped with black.

W., 10:50; B., 1.40.