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Connecticut records. 1876, Merriam 1 records this species as 

 " rare " ; May 7, 1876, one seen by R. Morris in New 

 Haven ( ?) ; 2 J. H. Hand reports it " very rare " at Westbrook, 

 1876 j 1 Linsley took it at Stratford; 1 March 20, 1887, a flock re- 

 ported seen at Lake Saltonstall by Mr. Folsom; 1889, 

 two reported killed at Saybrook by Mr. Jas. Holt; fall, 

 1894, one reported taken at Stony Creek by E. M. Cooper ( ?) ; 

 Nov., 1896, one shot from a flock at Twin Lakes by W. A. 

 Miles; 2 Jan., 1902, two males taken at Lake Saltonstall by A. 

 J. G. (in coll. of L. C. S.) ; April 1, 1904, one male taken at 

 North Branford (in coll. of L. C. S.). 



Marila marila (Linnaeus). Scaup Duck. 



A common winter resident on the Sound, most abundant in 

 November and March. Rare inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 5, 1886. 



Latest record. New Haven, May 23, 1902. 



Inland records. Portland, Oct. 11, 1888, a young male shot 

 in Connecticut River by J. L. Goff (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Port- 

 land, Dec. 14, 1888, a female shot by Goff; Litchfield, Nov. 3, 

 1905, one shot by H. Sanford (E. S. W.). 



Unusual date. July 21, 1882, one " pensioner " taken at 

 Stony Creek by L. C. S. 



Marila affinis (Eyton). Lesser Scaup Duck. 



A tolerably common winter resident on the Sound, associat- 

 ing with M. marila, and most frequently taken in November and 

 March. Less common inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Oct. 20, 1902. 



Latest record. Unusual date. July 14, 1904, Quinnipiac 

 Marshes, New Haven, a non-breeding adult male in worn 

 plumage taken by L. B. B. New Haven, March 26, 1895. 



Inland records. East Hartford, April 26, 1889, Oct. 8, 1888 

 (W. E. T.) ; Middletown, Little River Marshes, one seen Oct. 

 23, 1890, by W. E. T. and S. R., a female seen there also by J. 

 H. S., June 10, 1905, and a male, June 17, 1905 ; Portland, Job's 

 Pond, one shot July 9, 1895 (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Litchfield, Oct. 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 126. 

 2Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 292. 



