SEA FOWL IN NOVA SCOTIA—GILPIN. 139 
Scotia. Nomenclature of Dr. Coues, Key. North American 
Birds :— 
Branta luecopsis, Barnacle goose. 
Branta bernicla, Brant. 
Branta canadensis, Wild goose. 
Anas boschas, Mallard. 
Anas obscura, Black duck. 
Dafila acuta, Pin tail. 
Mareca americana, Widgeon. 
Querquedula netion, English teal. 
Querquedula carolinensis, Green-winged teal. 
Querquedula discors, Blue-winged teal. 
Spatula clypeata, Shoveller. . 
Aix sponsa, Wood duck. 
Fuligula marila, Scaup. 
Fuligula affinis, Little Scaup. 
Fuligula collaris, Ring-neck duck. 
Fuligula valisneria, Canvas back. 
Buchephala clangula, Golden-eye. 
Buchephala islandica, Barrow’s Golden-eye. 
Buchephala albeola, Buffle-head. 
Harelda glacialis, Old wife. 
Camtolemus labradoreus, Pied duck. 
Histrionicus torquatus, Harliquin. 
Somateria mollissima, Eider. 
Somateria spectabilis, King Eider. 
Oedemia americana, Scoter. 
Oedemia fusca, White-wing. 
Oedemia perspiliata, Surf duck. 
Of this list of fourteen genera and twenty-seven species we 
find that nine genera, with the exception of the genus Aix, and 
one species obscura of the genus Anas, are more or less rare. 
Appearing in some years tolerably numerous and then for years 
not seen. I have never seen myself or heard from others of any 
Swans being seen in our Province. Of Geese, I had sent me 
from Sable Island, in the year 1870, an immature specimen 
which I put down to Leucopsis, especially from the dark line 
