Ducks. The ducks were for the most part mixed and flying together in the big pond; although occasion birds were flushed from the grass, and I found one Cinnamon Teal in a pond under some willow trees. Anas bosca, Common. All able to fly. None with green heads. No doubt many were birds of the year; in fact all of the species except the Scamp and Green-winged Teal (Nettuna carolinensis) Duck, of which one or two were seen, are known to breed here. Dafila acuta. A few flying. Spatula clypeata. Several. A female with all the primaries mounted from one wing was caught in the grass. Querquedula cyanoptera. Fairly common. All able to fly. Aythya americana. Fairly common. I saw no red-headed males. In fact most of them were "flop pers," some were in an intermediate stage between that and the downy young. Of the latter I saw a dozen which were being convoyed by their anxious mother. We tried to corner these; the mother did a great & squawking, and the young escaped to the open pond by diving, appearing on the surface in less than a minute and ducking under as soon as we moved towards them. We then tried a second time, driving the mother away; she stayed at a distance and talked to them, however. We copt them into very shallow