. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 118 WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. downy young in a pond on the river fiats near Nyack, April 5; and as tlie forest cruiser, H. E. Flint, saw mallards in the river near there in December, they evidently wintered there and bred early. Gadwall: Chcmlelasmufi streperux.—As their Latin name indi- cates, the gadwalls are noisy ducks. The drake may be recog- nized by his brown and wliite wing patches, and the duck by her Avhite patches and pure white wing linings. A brood of about a
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. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 118 WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. downy young in a pond on the river fiats near Nyack, April 5; and as tlie forest cruiser, H. E. Flint, saw mallards in the river near there in December, they evidently wintered there and bred early. Gadwall: Chcmlelasmufi streperux.—As their Latin name indi- cates, the gadwalls are noisy ducks. The drake may be recog- nized by his brown and wliite wing patches, and the duck by her Avhite patches and pure white wing linings. A brood of about a dozen dark, j'ellow-spotted, downy young were found, July 19, by Mr. Bailey, swimming around under the willows on a beaver pond between ]Iany Glaciers and Sherburne Lake. One adult was also seen, August 9, on Lake Elizabeth, in the Belly River region. In the fall of 1887 Dr. Grinnell found gadwalls " abundant on shallow j^rairie lakes on Milk River Ridge and north- ward."' Baldpate: Mareca awericana.—Mr. Stevenson questions whether the baldpates breed at all in the park, and Mr. Gibb reports them only as spring and fall mi- grants. In 1887 Dr. Grin- nell found them in the St. ilary Lakes region, abun- dant through September and October but leaving be- fore the 1st of November. On April 21, 1918, Mr. Baile}' found baldpates the most numerous ducks on Lake McDonald, in large and small flocks, out in the middle of the lake and along shore. Sometimes a hundred or more would be seen sitting in long rows on a beach in the sun. The next daj^ the lake was rough and few were seen, so it is evident that the migrating hordes had merelj' stopped to rest. Green-winged Teal: Nettion caroKnense.—A mounted specimen of the prettj' little green-winged teal Avith brown head, green cheek stripe and wing patch may be seen at Lewis's, and Mr. Gibb says that it nests in the park, particularly on the west side of the moun- tains. Mr. Stevenson says that it is seen in great flocks spr