232 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



58 153-(727). Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). *Buffle-head; Buttek-ball; Spirit 

 Duck. 

 Very abundant; small flocks; " throughout the state " (A. H. Boies); spring and 

 fall; winter resident; occasional in summer; "probably breeds at St. Clair Flats" 

 (Dr. W. C. Brownell); " quite common at Port Sanilac, where I have taken them in 

 winter " (W. A. Oldfield); reported from Kent and St. Clair Go's; "common on Lake 

 Erie " (Jerome Trombley); " common migrants at Albion and St. Joseph '' (O. B. 

 Warren); "not rare at Traverse City "(Dr. M. L. Leach); S. E. White saw a flock 

 of eight at Mackinac Island, July 3, 1890, and O. B. Warren reports it common at 

 Palmer, Marquette Co.; "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster;) " Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); taken by Dr. Atkins in April and July; we have taken several 

 at Pine Lake in November. This duck is rapid of flight and quick to dive. 



Genus CLANGULA Leaoh. 



59-154:-(728). Claiiguls hyeinalis (Linn.). 0£.d Squaw; Old Wife; Long-tailed 

 Duck. 



Winter resident; more abundant near Great Lakes; one specimen taken near 

 here at Pine Lake; reported from Kent Co.; "I took one in February and one in 

 June, 1893, at Port Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); occasionally common in Kalamazoo 

 Co. — "A flock noted Feb., 1884 " (Dr. M. Gibbs); " two specimens taken in Grand 

 Traverse Co." (Dr. M. L. Leach); "St. Joseph Co" (A. H. Boies); "common 

 migrant on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); "abundant on Lake Michigan" 

 (Butler's Birds of Indiana). 



Genus HISTRIONIC US Less. 



60-155-(730). Histrionicus histriouicns (Linn.). Harlequin Duck. 



Very rare; admitted in Gibbs' Birds of Michigan, A. H. Boies thinks this should 

 be included. Prof. Ludwig Kumlein writes me that he has taken two specimens in 

 Jefferson Co., Wisconsin. 



Genus SOMATEBIA Lkaoh. 



61-160(734). Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 



"Occasionally seen on Lake Superior'' (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); the late 

 W. H. Collins reported taking a young male in Detroit on Detroit River, Dec, 

 1882. If this bird occurs in Michigan it must bo as an accidental straggler. 



62-162(736). Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King Eider. 



"Straggler taken at Milwaukee and Grand Haven, Michigan" Prof. Ludwig 

 Kumlein). Dr. A. K. Fisher thinks this very doubtful. 



Genus OIDEMIA Flem. 



63-163(737). Oidenila americana Sw. and Rich. American Scoter; Americaw 

 Black Scoter. 



"Rare accidental visitor" (Gibbs" Birds of Michigan); "a single female purchased 

 in Bay City market, Oct. 20, 1883 " (N. A. Eddy); " not uncommon in winter on 

 Lake Michigan " (H. Nehrling and L. Kumlein). 



