150 BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—DOWNS. 
Subgenus ERIONETTA. 
65. Somateria spectabilis (Zinn.) (162). Kina Erper; “ Bor- 
TLE-NosE Drake.” 
Rare. Winter. 
Genus OIDEMIA Fleming. 
Subgenus OIDEMIA. 
66. Oidemia americana (Sw. 4 Rich.) (163). American Scorer; 
** Brack Coot.” 
Very common migrant. 
Ca 
Subgenus MELANITTA Boie. 
67. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. (165). Wuire-wineep Scorer ; 
“ Vetver Duck.” 
Uncommon. Winter. 
Subgenus PELIONETTA Kaup. 
68. Oidemia perspicillata (/i”.) (165). Surr Scorrr; “ Bor- 
TLE-NOSE Coot.” 
Common migrant. Winter. 
Genus ERISMATURA Bonaparte. 
69. Erismatura rubida (is) (167). Ruppy Duck. 
A good many are shot during the fall migration, but they are 
never obtained in breeding plumage. 
Subfamily ANSERINE. Geese. 
Genus CHEN Boie. 
70. Chen hyperborea (Pall.) (169). Lesser Snow Goose. 
Rare. Capt. Waderburn, of the 42nd Highlanders, had a speci- 
men. Some were also killed on the “Common” in 1874; others, 
again, occurred at the Eastern Passage, and were driven in with 
the domestic geese and shot. Those killed on the “Com- 
mon” are now in the possession of Mr. James Walker, of Halifax. 
These Dr. Gilpin erroneously described as the Barnacle Goose 
(B. leucopsis). Vide Trans., I. N. 8., 1879-80. 
Genus BRANTA Scopoli. 
"1. Branta canadensis (Zinn.) (172). Canapa Goosn; “ WiLp 
Goose.” 
Common migrant. 
