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Charitonetta albeola (153). Bufflehead. 



Common in winter, arriving tiie latter part of September, 

 one was at Patapsco marsh on May 7 ('90, Kesler). 



On February 15, 1895, just after the blizzard, one came up the 

 harbor into the upper basin and stayed round off Bowley's 

 wharf for a long time. Inland, it has been taken at Sandy 

 Springs in April (Stabler); a pair were seen near Harper's Fer- 

 ry on October 10 ('93 Fisher), and they have been shot at Cum- 

 berland (Shriver). 



Clangula hyennalis (154). Old Squaw. 



Common in winter on the Chesapeake ; I noted one at Fort 

 McHenry on October 27, ('94), and they remain with us until 

 late in April. On March 4, 1895, there were several hundred 

 in the mouth of Chester River on broad water, nearly all in pairs, 

 but occasionally a few males were in a bunch by themselves. As 

 the steamboat was running before a terrific snow squall, we got 

 (|uite close before they flushed. Often they dived and on 

 coming up appeared to be flying before they emerged. On the 

 6th it was blowing a gentle breeze, and although they were ex- 

 tremely numerous, we did not get close to any. 



Loch Raven (Dukehart). 



Camptolaimus labradorius (15G). Labrador Duck. 



Now extinct, they were apparently quite numerous in Au- 

 dubon's time, for he says (vi, 329): " The range of this sjiecies 

 along the shores does not extend further southward than Ches- 

 apeake Bay, where I have seen some near the influx of the St. 

 James River. I havealso met with several in the Baltimore 

 market." 



Somateria dresseri (160). American Eider. 



"Winters southward to Delaware" (Chapman, 117). "In 

 the old collection of the Maryland Academy of Sciences was a 

 specimen from Maryland, collected at Pamimkey Neck, below 

 Marshall Hall, by Mr. Chapman" (P. R. Uhler). 



