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"Common winter resident off the New Jersey coast from 

 October to late in April. Apparently the most abundant spe- 

 cies of Scoter" (Birds E. P. and N. J., 59). 



Erismatura rubida (167). Ruddy Duck. 



Common during spring and fall. I have no winter dates, 

 though possibly it remains with us. A bunch of 4 or 5 was 

 seen in Baltimore harbor close to the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 pier, at the foot of Caroline street, early in the morning of Sep- 

 tember 25 ('94) by Mr. E. Speddin, of the tugboat Chicago, 

 and they were numerous until November 14 ('94, Patapsco 

 Marsh). On March 8 ('94), between two and three hundred 

 were bedded oif Grace's Quarter, and on June 9 ('94), a bunch 

 of six were still off Ocean City. 



Fairly common on fresh water, this species has been taken as 

 follows : On October 29, '92, two at Lake Roland (Fisher), 

 and three from a bunch of five at Powhatan Dam (Gray). Sev- 

 eral have been shot at Loch Raven (Dukehart), and on No- 

 vember 5, '93, a pair were on the Potomac near Knoxville 

 (Fisher). 



Chen hyperborea nivialis (169a). Greater Suow Goose. 



"Along the Atlantic coast it may be considered rare" (Birds 

 N. W., 549). On April 26, '80, Mr. Mitchell, of Cecil Co., 

 presented a specimen to the Maryland Academy of Sciences ; at 

 Legoe's Point one was noted on March 10, '90, and early in 

 October, '90, two flew over the bridge at Sparrows' Point, 

 about 40 feet up (Fisher). 



Anser albifrons gambeli (171a). American White-fronted 



Goose. 



Rare straggler. One shot on the Potomac in 1856 was 

 bought in the Washington market for the Smithsonian (Smith. 

 Rept., '56, 68). 



On Nov. 12, '92, a young male was shot at Grace's Quarter, 

 Baltimore County, by Mr. Charles D. Fisher, and by him pre- 



