CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. — MACSWAIN. 573 



Family PHAL \CR0C0RACID.^. 



23 (119). Pludacrocorax carho (Linn.). Cormorant. — A 

 few may be seen every summer. 



24 (120). Phalacrocorax dilophiis (Swainson). Double- 

 crested Cormorant. — Rarer than the preceding. 



Order ANSERES. 

 Family ANATID.^. 



25 (129). Merganser americanus (Csiss.). American Mer- 

 ganser ; Goosander. — Occasionally seen. 



26 (130). Merganser serrator (Linn.). —Red-breasted Mer- 

 ganser. Common. 



27 (132). Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. — Rare. 



28- (133). Anas obsciira Gmelin. Black Duck.— The 

 commonest of our ducks. Breeds here. 



29 (135). Anas strepera Linn. Gadwell. — Very rare. 



30 (139). Anas caroLinensis Gmelin. Green-winged 

 Teal. — Frequently seen. 



31 (140). Anas discors Linn. Blue-winged Teal. — 

 Rarer than the Green-winged Teal. 



32 (143). Dajila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. — Not uncommon. 



33 (144). Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck. — Very rare 

 indeed. Have seen none for some years. Saw one in 1893. 



34 (148). Aytkya marila nearctica Stejn. — American 

 Scaup Duck. A rare spring and fall migrant. 



35 (149). Aythya affinis (Eyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck. — 

 No commoner than the larger scaup. 



36 (151). Glaucionetta clangiila americana (Bonap.). 

 American Golden-eye. — Common in autumn. Breeds. 



37 (152). Glaucionetta islandica (Gmel). Barrow's Gold- 

 en-eye. — Have seen two only. These were shot at St. Peter's 

 Bay in the spring of 1904. 



