_Anas penelope_ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 126.
(Type locality, Europe, restricted to Sweden.)
_Anas penelope_ Finsch, Ibis, 1880, pp. 332, 333 (Taluit); Schnee,
Zool. Jahrbücher, 20, 1904, p. 390 (Marschall Inseln); Phillips,
Nat. Hist. Ducks, 2, 1923, p. 175 (Taluit); Hand-list Japanese
Birds, 3d ed., 1942, p. 206 (Tinian, Yap, Jaluit); Mayr, Birds
Southwest Pacific, 1945, p. 302 (Micronesia).
_Mareca penelope_ Finsch, Mitth. Ornith. Ver. Wien, 1884, p. 56
(Jaluit); Wiglesworth, Abhandl. und Ber Zool. Mus. Dresden, no. 6,
1890-1891 (1891), p. 71 (Taluit); Finsch, Deut. Ver. zum Schultze
der Vogelwelt, 18, 1893, p. 458 (Marshalls); Kuroda, in Momoyama,
Birds Micronesia, 1922, p. 38 (Taluit); Hand-list Japanese Birds,
rev., 1932, p. 185 (Tinian, Yap, Jaluit).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in Iceland, northern Europe and Asia.
Winters south to Africa, southern Asia and Philippines; casual to
eastern North America. In Micronesia: Mariana Islands--Tinian;
Caroline Islands--Yap; Marshall Islands--Jaluit.
_Remarks._--The Widgeon may be an occasional winter visitor to
Micronesia. The record at Jaluit in the Marshall Islands may be
questioned.
=Anas clypeata= Linnaeus