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A large flock seen on the Delaware during November, 1895. 

 At times they ahnost completely cover the Rancocas flats. Also 

 shot at Bristol. Many shot behind Petty's Island and the dyke. 

 (Miller. ) 



Spatula dypeatn. Shoveller. 



Reported on the authority of gunners as rare. Has been 

 taken at Bristol. 



Aix sjwnsa. Wood Duck. 



Common near Bristol in tlie fall of 1895, where a number 

 were taken. According to reliable authoritj^, prior to 18G0 

 many were killed on the river above Richmond. Tliey fre- 

 quentl}' occurred on the Pennj'jjack till 1895, l)ut subsequently 

 have been seldom seen. Mr. Miller states that but few are shot 

 in his neigliborhood. He saw one at Volunteertown, May 28, 

 1901, which flew from a wood. One was also seen at Fish 

 House, N. J., May 21, and a search made for the nest without 

 success. A pair was reported to liave bred near Parry, Bur- 

 lington Co., N. J., in a wood along the Pensauken creek, in the 

 spring of 1897. The observer stated that the young, eight or 

 nine in number, were reared in an old flickers' cavity about 

 thirty feet up in a dead tree. Another gunner stated that a 

 pair bred on one of the islands in the Delaware, near Trenton. 

 (Miller.) In June, 1896, Mr. Hazen Brown several times saw a 

 Wood Duck on the Pennyi^ack creek near Melmar, which from 

 its actions must have been breeding in the xacinity. (S. Brown. ) 



Aythya americana. Redhead. 



Many killed opposite Holmesburg during the early eighties 

 but their occurrence in any numbers has not been noted since. 

 Has been taken in past years at Bristol (Morris). 



Aythya vallisneria. Canvas-back. 



Reported with and at the same time as the preceding but very 

 rare now. Two were shot at the mouth of Pennypack creek at 

 that time. Has also been shot at Bristol (Morris). 



Aythya marila. Greater Scaup. 



Confused by gunners with tlie following, but is apparently 

 taken occasionally. 



Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup. 



Probably more common than the last. 



