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part of the state it appears to be rare. Mr. W. E. Cram reports 

 it on the coast at Hampton Falls. 



35. Querquedula discors (Linn.). Blue-winged 

 Teal. 



An uncommon spring and fall migrant. I have records of 

 this bird from the Connecticut valley and from the rivers and 

 lakes of the southern and central parts of the state as well as 

 from the coast, but in the White Mountain region it appears to 

 be rare, and I have never seen specimens from there. 



Dates : May ; August 22 to November. 



36. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. 



A very rare migrant. The only record is of two "shot at 

 Rve Beach in August, 1872" (Baird, Brewer & Ridgway, '84, 

 p. 528). 



37. Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck. 



A not uncommon spring and fall migrant and occasional sum- 

 mer resident. Formerly it bred rather commonly throughout 

 the well watered portions of the state. Thus, Mr. C. J. May- 

 nard records it in 1872 as breeding about Lake Umbagog, and 

 Mr. C. F. Goodhue found it a common summer resident at 

 Webster at about the same time. At present it still breeds in 

 small numbers at suitable localities; thus Mr. Dearborn ('98) 

 instances a pair which bred near Tilton in 1892 and in 1893 ; 

 Mr. G. H. Thayer writes that it is a regular summer resident 

 at one spot near Dublin. Frank Bolles'('93b) found it to breed 

 about Chocorua, and to the north of the White Mountains it 

 must still be found in small numbers in summer. At Intervale, 

 I have usually seen only single birds in fall, on the small mead- 

 ow brooks, but on the lakes and ponds of this region flocks of 

 six to a dozen are not infrequent during migrations, remaining 

 into the first week of November. 



Dales: March to December. 



38. Aythya marila (Linn.). American Scaup Duck. 

 An uncommon migrant in fall along the coast, and occasional 



inland. A few must occur on the coast in spring, but I have 



