**_Dendrocygna autumnalis_ (Linnaeus).--Evenden (1952:112) reported a
Black-bellied Tree Duck standing beside a reservoir in southern
Coahuila along the railroad between Saltillo, Coahuila, and Avalos,
Zacatecas.
**_Anas platyrhynchos_ Linnaeus.--On March 30, 1952, Olmstead recorded
a Mallard from 10 mi. E Hacienda La Mariposa, 2000 feet.
_Anas strepera_ Linnaeus.--_Specimen examined:_ one, [Male] 31016, from
10 mi. E Hacienda La Mariposa, 2000 ft., March 30, 1952.
The Gadwell is not an uncommon spring migrant; Olmstead saw it 10 mi. E
Hacienda La Mariposa on March 30, 1952, and Baker observed it 8 mi. N
and 4 mi. W Muzquiz on March 30, 1952. Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore
(1950:42) recorded the Gadwell from Coahuila.
_Anas acuta_ Linnaeus.--Miller (1955a:161) took a Pintail on September
10 in the Sierra del Carmen.
_Anas carolinensis_ Gmelin.--The Green-winged Teal has been recorded
from northern Coahuila. Van Tyne and Sutton (1937:15) recorded two
mated pairs along the Rio Grande at Lajitas, Texas, on May 10. Miller
(1955a:161) remarked that a male of the year was taken in the Sierra
del Carmen on September 4.
_Anas discors discors_ Linnaeus.--_Specimens examined:_ total 2: sex ?
31646 and sex ? 31647 from .5 mi. S Las Margaritas, 2800 ft., September
28, 1953.
The Blue-winged Teal is a fairly common spring and fall migrant in
Coahuila. Van Tyne and Sutton (1937:15) noted the Blue-winged Teal at
several different localities along the Rio Grande: "on May 8, four
males and several females resting on a mud bar along the Rio Grande
near Hot Springs [Texas]; ... on May 7, three pairs in a flock, along
the Rio Grande, Castalon [Texas]; ... and on May 20, three pairs, along
the Rio Grande, San Vicente [Texas]." Miller (1955a:161) reported that
Marsh took a male of the year in the Sierra del Carmen on September 10.
Dickerman observed Blue-winged Teal 8 mi. E and 2 mi. S Americanos on
May 18, 1954. Olmstead listed Blue-winged Teal from 10 mi. E Hacienda
La Mariposa on March 30, 1952. Nos. 31646-31647, which are probably
females, represent the subspecies _discors_ because the light edgings
of their crowns are definitely present; the areas of their backs are
brownish, not more intensively black, and their underparts are
brownish, less blackish.
**_Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium_ Snyder and Lumsden.--Van Tyne and
Sutton (1937:15) listed several localities along the Rio Grande in
Brewster County, Texas, where Cinnamon Teal were seen. I suspect that
Friedmann, Griscom, and Moore (1950:41) referred to those localities.
Dickerman saw four pairs of Cinnamon Teal 14 mi. E and 16 mi. N Ocampo
on May 9, 1954, and also saw Cinnamon Teal 8 mi. E and 2 mi. S
Americanos on May 18, 1954.
_Mareca americana_ (Gmelin).--The American Widgeon is a fairly common
spring migrant in Coahuila. Olmstead observed this duck 10 mi. E
Hacienda La Mariposa on March 30, 1952. Dickerman saw five to seven
American Widgeons 8 mi. E and 2 mi. S Americanos on May 18, 1954.
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