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A rare fall migrant on the Sound; very rare along the inland 

 waterways. 



Coast records. Linsley records it from Stratford, and Mer- 

 riam 1 calls it a " tolerably common winter resident," having 

 seen it as early as Oct. 4, 1876. Oct., 1879, New Haven Harbor, 

 one female collected by Dr. G. Woolsey (in Peabody Museum) ; 

 April 23, 1889, Stony Creek, one seen (J. H. S.) ; Oct., 1900, 

 Branford, male taken by L. C. S. (in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Oct. 22, 

 1902, Branford, male taken by L. C. S. ; Oct. 24, 1906, Stony 

 Creek, young bird shot by A. H. V. (in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Oct. 

 4, 1909, West Haven, two males taken by A. Ganung (in coll. 

 of L. B. B.). 



Inland records. Oct. 9, 1888, Portland, seventeen of a flock 

 of thirty shot by J. L. Gofr" (seven in cell, of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 21, 

 1890, Portland, flock of twenty-five seen (five in coll. of J. H. 

 S.) ; Oct. 2, 1893, Portland, one seen by W. E. T. ; Oct. 16, 1899, 

 Middletown, two shot (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 19, 1900, Port- 

 land, two shot. 



Spring record. April 23, 1889, Stony Creek, one seen by 

 J. H. S. 



Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte. White-winged Scoter. 



A common winter resident on the Sound, especially abundant 

 in October and November, March and April. Not usually com- 

 mon inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Oct. 13, 1883; Portland, Oct. 

 4, 1895. 



Latest record. New Haven, May 21, 1888; Sachem's Head, 

 June 8, 1892 (J. H. S.). 



Inland records. Oct. 19, 1881, Eastford, female shot (in 

 coll. of C. M. Jones) ; 2 Oct. 4, 1895, Portland, about seventy-five 

 seen in Connecticut River by S. R. ; Oct. 12, 1895, Portland, 

 adult male shot in Connecticut River (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 

 16, 1900, Portland, one killed by C. E. Lincoln; Oct. 20, 30, Nov. 

 3, 6, 1905, Oct. 11, 28, 1907, common at Bantam Lake, Litchfield 

 (E. S. W.). 



Unusual record. Aug. 30, 1906, Pine Orchard (A. A. S.). 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 127. 



2 O. and O., viii, 4, p. 32. 



