BIRDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. I 7 



once, sometimes from the wing, and the pursuit of the cripples, as they are 

 called, is often in vain. 



In addition to the Scoters, Red-breasted Mergansers or " Shelldrakes " as 

 they are universally called, and Old Squaws are often shot, and occasionally 

 American Golden-eye Ducks or "Whistlers," and Scaups or " Bluebills," but 

 the two latter generally fight shy of the boats and fly high. 



