DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLVB. 49 



Aythya coUaris. Ring Neck Duck. 



Rare; has been shot at Bristol {Morris). 



Clangula clangula americana. Golden-eye. 



Rather common; a few killed ever}' year; generally occurs in 

 pairs. Mr. Miller regards it as common in winter in small 

 flocks. Several have been shot at Fish House, N. J. 



Charitonetla alheola. Buffle-head. 



A few observed each year, equally as abundant as the preced- 

 ing. Quite common winter visitant according to Mr. Miller's 

 experience. 



Oidemia sjh Scoter. 



Scoters are reported from Bristol by Mr. Morris, but the iden- 

 tity of the species is in doubt. It is probable that they occur 

 on the river during or after heavy storms, and gunners have 

 several times reported such birds though I have never person- 

 ally seen them. 



Harelda hyemalis. Old Squaw. 



A flock seen November 26, 1895, flying over the marsh at 

 Bristol. A number were killed at Holmesburg several years 

 before. 



Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. 



About 1887 and 1888 they were abundant opposite Holmes- 

 burg, one gunner killing as many as one hundred in a single 

 day. At that time they appeared on the river in great numbers 

 and no flight of any account has been seen since. Is taken at 

 Bristol. 



Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 



Seen every year during the spring and fall migrations fly- 

 ing high over head. A flock of fifty were seen at Bristol during 

 the last week of November, 1895, and it is occasionally shot 

 there by gunners. Mr. Miller states that his brother observed 

 a flock of twenty-six, on April 16, 1903, resting on a farm at 

 Sandiford, Philadelphia, which only took wing upon the ap- 

 proach of gunners. The earliest dates on his record are March 

 25, 1898; February 12, 1902; April 16, 1903; on September 

 20, 1900, two were seen flying south. 



Branta bernicla. Brant. 



Five seen flying over the river near Holmesburg during a 



