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ton, K^. J., CREEK BROAD-BILL; and Giraud in Ms Birds of 

 Long Island, 1844, mentions this name as " well-known to the 

 bay gunners." 



Again, at Bellport, L. I., MUD BROAD-BILL; and in New 

 Jersey, at Barnegat. FRESH- WATER BROAD -BILL; at Cape 

 May C. H., GOSHEN BROAD-BILL (the cove at Goshen, same 

 county, being a favorite resort of this smaller species) ; in Ab- 

 bott's catalogue of New Jersey Birds, 1868, POND BROAD-BILL. 



Many duckers of the Chesapeake know it as CREEK BLACK- 

 HEAD; and in Virginia at Eastville and Cobb's Island it is the 

 FLOCK DUCK; and Audubon speaks of its being known in Ken- 

 tucky as FLOCKING-FOWL. 



At Washington, D. C, and Alexandria, Ya., RIVER SHUF- 

 FLER; and in Newberne and Morehead, N. C, SHUFFLER, 

 simply; the latter name being never intentionally apphed in 

 the vicinity of Morehead, at least, to greater scaup. 



