AMERICAN WIGEON.
MARECA AMERICANA (J. F. Gmelin).
Anas americana, J. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 526.
Mareca americana, Macg. v. p. 9 0; Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 403.
The only recorded occurrences of this American Duck
now considered trustworthy are one by Blyth of a male
found with a number of Common Wigeon in Leadenhall
Market in the winter of 1837-38, and now in the
collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Keswick Hall, and
one, a female, found by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey with
a number of Common Wigeon in a game-dealer’s
shop in Leeds, in February 1895. [See P. Z. S. 1895,
p. 273.]
The home of this species is North America, where
it is common, breeding as far north as the shores of
the Arctic Ocean, its winter migration extending to
Guatemala. [O. S.]
