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Unusual record. July 26, 1890, Quinnipiac Marshes, seen by 

 Prof. C. C. Trowbridge and L. C. S. 



Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus). Shoveller. 



A very rare migrant along the coast. 



Connecticut records. March 20, 1854, two full-plumaged males 

 taken at Lyme by Horace Champion (formerly in coll. of J. C. 

 Comstock) (J. H. S.) ; Dec. 8, 1874, specimen shot by Mr. Pease 

 at Saybrook (in coll. of W. W. C.) ; Oct. 8, 1875, two or three, 

 near Milford (Grinnell) ; x Oct. 29, 1886, four taken in West 

 Haven (formerly in coll. of L. C. S.) ; Nov. 27-30, 1893, a flock 

 frequented the Quinnipiac Marshes (A. R. Andrews and E. 

 Mitchell) ; Oct., 1894, one taken in Stamford (in coll. of Hoyt). 

 Linsley obtained two males at Stratford 1 (in Linsley Coll. of Bpt. 

 Sci. Soc.) ; has been taken at Twin Lakes (Miles). 2 



Dafila acuta (Linnaeus). Pintail. 



A rare straggler in the fall. 



Coast records. Quinnipiac Marshes, one, Sept. 26, 1883 (in 

 coll. of L. B. B.) ; flock of seven, Sept. 28, 1907 (J. Y. Stetson) ; 

 two, Oct. 23, 1909 (A. Ganung, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; West Haven, 

 Oct. 13, 1906, seven seen (A. Ganung, one in coll. of L. B. B.) ; 

 one, Oct. 22, 1906 (E. S. W.) ; Stratford, Nov. 10, 1889 (in coll. 

 of Bpt. Sci. Soc.) ; Stamford, about 1890 (Schaler) ; Stratford, 

 (Linsley); 3 Saybrook (J. N. C), not particularly rare (1876). 3 



Inland records. East Windsor Hill, two (in coll. of Dr. Wood, 

 1876) ; 3 Portland, Oct. 9, 1890, a young male killed (Parkinson, 

 in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Middletown, Oct. 12, 1891, four seen, one 

 shot (W. E. T. and S. R., in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 18, 1893, four 

 seen by same; Essex, Jan. 22, 1894, fifteen seen, two shot (in 

 coll. of J. H. S.) ; Torrington, Oct. 25, 1907, one shot (Hanson) ; 2 

 Twin Lakes (Miles). 2 



Aix sponsa (Linnaeus). Wood Duck. 

 A summer resident, breeding throughout the state but becom- 

 ing more rare each year. 



iMerriam, Birds of Conn., pp. 124-5. 

 3 Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 291. 

 1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 123. 



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