74 
along the creeks and lakes in Jowa. Found them 
some seasons very plenty on the marshes of the 
Delaware River. Not rare. 
Fulix Marila—PBPaird. 
Greater Black-head. 
Abundant on the Susquehanna flats in No- 
vember and March. Found along the Delaware 
River and West to Minnesota. Breeds. I found 
one breeding in lowa in 1874. Eggs eight. 
Shien the parent bird in Wines reels 
Fulix Affinis—Baird. 
Little Black-head. 
Common on the Delaware and Susquehanna 
Rivers. Breeds in lowa and Minnesota. Eggs 
nine. 
Fulix Collaris.—Baird. 
Ring-necked Duck. 
Not common; found in company with the 
A ffinis, and met with often on the Delaware 
River. 
Aythya Americana.—LBonap. 
Red-head. 
Abundant on the Chesapeake in Winter, and. 
as far South as North Carolina. ~ | found deem 
Iowa and found it breeding in Minnesota, above 
Fergus Falls. Eggs eight. 
Aythya Vallisneria.—Bonap. 
Canvass-back. 
Common on the flats of the Susquehanna and 
as far South as Charleston, South Carolina, in 
