. . udest and prolonged. Female, a low note, like kir-r-r (Chapman).Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occurs occasionally in winter and in migration from Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Greenland south to Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida; and in Alaska, British Columbia and California. European Widgeon is rated as a wanderer from theOld World. A statement that the bird has been taken here,made by Samuels and recorded by Dr. J. A. Allen,^ is prob-ably au
. . udest and prolonged. Female, a low note, like kir-r-r (Chapman).Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occurs occasionally in winter and in migration from Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Greenland south to Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida; and in Alaska, British Columbia and California. European Widgeon is rated as a wanderer from theOld World. A statement that the bird has been taken here,made by Samuels and recorded by Dr. J. A. Allen,^ is prob-ably authentic, and an adult male was taken in MonponsettPond, near Halifax, Mass., October 20, -phere areseven records for New York State, and another bird, takenon Long Island, was apparently breeding. Mr. Foster Parkerstates that several more have been taken at Cayuga (Eaton).It is possible that many European Widgeons have been takenin this country, but have not been recognized as such, andwe may yet have to revise our ideas regarding their Fia. 5. — Axillara of Baldpate. Axillars of European Widgeon. Reduced. (After Phillips.) Mr. Outran! Bangs has called attention to the fact thatthe axillars or long feathers under the wings of the Baldpateare white, while in the European Widgeon these feathers 1 Proc. Essex Inst., 1864, p. 88. 2 Brewster, Willium: Auk, 1901, p. 13.). BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 85 always are gray. This character appears to be constant inboth sexes. Dr. John C. Philhps has pubHshed, in Forestand Stream, a drawing that shows at a glance the appearanceof the axillars in each species, drawn from adult male speci-mens. These are reproduced herewith. If, with this distinc-tive mark in view, sportsmen will make careful examinationof the Widgeons or Baldpates taken in this country, it mayprove that the European species is less uncommon thanhitherto has been supposed. Dr. Phillips has found, by com-paring the axillars, that four birds taken
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