32 A List of the Birds of Meriden, Conn. 



2. Urinator imber (Gunn.). 

 Loon. 

 Rare visitant. (Has been seen late in the fall of the year at the 

 Foster Brothers' Pond and at Black Pond."* 



Order AN SERES. Lamellirostral Swimmers. 



Family ANATID^. Ducks, Geese and Swans. 

 Subfamily MERGING. Mergansers. 



Genus LOPHODYTES Reichenbach. 



3. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). 



Hooded Merganser. 



Subfamily ANATINiE. River Ducks. 

 Genus ANAS Linn^us. 



4. Anas boschas Linn. 



Mallard. 

 Uncommon visitant. (Specimens have been taken at Foster 

 Brothers' Pond.) 



5. Anas obscura Gmel. 



Black Duck. 

 Rather common summer resident, but most numerous in the fall 

 and spring. 



Subgenus MAR EC A Stephens. 



6. Anas Americana Gmel. 



Baldpate. 

 Rare spring and autumn visitant. 



Subgenus NETTION Kaup. 



7. Anas carolinensis Gmelin. 



Green-winged Teal. 

 Not uncommon during the migrations, particularly in the fall. 



