Bulletin - United States National Museum . ng thespecies most numerously and continuously found in the markets andrestaurants. In these and similar cases, however, it must be remem-bered that the traffic in water-fowl is an extensive and importantindustry, great numbers of the edible kinds being shipped from theregular hunting-grounds of the Chesapeake and other places along thecoast; so that the appearance of such birds in the markets is no proofthat they visit us of their own free will. The District waters arealtogether too near a great city to furnish eligible resorts for water-fowl. Scarce
Bulletin - United States National Museum . ng thespecies most numerously and continuously found in the markets andrestaurants. In these and similar cases, however, it must be remem-bered that the traffic in water-fowl is an extensive and importantindustry, great numbers of the edible kinds being shipped from theregular hunting-grounds of the Chesapeake and other places along thecoast; so that the appearance of such birds in the markets is no proofthat they visit us of their own free will. The District waters arealtogether too near a great city to furnish eligible resorts for water-fowl. Scarcely any of them are now to be considered abundant withinour actual limits, though the list here given is unquestionably repre-sented regularly by more or fewer individuals (excepting the singlestraggler, Mareca penclope). [707] 207. (188.) Anas obscura Gm. Dusky Duck ; Black the preceding. See above. [70S] 908. (189.) Dafila acuta (Linn.) Jen. Pin-tail; winter resident; arrives about the 1st of October. [710]. Fig. 01.— Head of female Sprigtail, nat. size. 209. (192.) Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.) Gray. Gray Duck ; Gad winter resident. L HI 210. (—.) Mareca penelope (Linn.) Selby. European to our memoranda this European bird, only known in America as a straggler, was found in market by Mr. C. Drexler, in the 104 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. spring of1SG3, about the same time lie secured the Galliuule above men-tioned. Mr. Jouy placed it in the list in 1877. Mr. Ridgway informsus that this specimen, which is now in the United States National Mu-seum, was from Alexandria, Va. [712] 211. (193.) Mareca americana (Gm.) Steph. American Widgeon. A common winter resident; arrives about the 1st of October, andremains until some time in April. [713] 212. (190.) Querquedula carolinensis (Gm.) Steph. Green-winged Teal. All abundant winter resident. It arrives earlier than most of theDudes—about the middle of September. [715] 213. (
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