Wi N. C. AGRICULTURx\L EXPERIMENT STATION. 



44. Lesser Scaup Duck. Ay//iva affinis. (Eyt.) 



Common on the coast, rare in the central portion, winter visitor ; 

 rare transient in tlie mountains. 



45. Ring-neck Duck. Aythya collaris. (Donov.) 



Rare transient in the mountains ; common winter visitor on the 

 coast. 



46. American Golden-eye. Claugula claugula amcricana. 

 ( Bonap. ) 



Common winter visitor on tlie coast ; rare transient in the moun- 

 tains. 



47. Barrow's Golden-eve. Clanirula islandica, (Gmeh) 

 One taken by Cairns near Asheville, May 6, 1893 ; a specimen 



in the State Museum is a rare form of C. islandica, or an interme- 

 diate between C. islandica and C. clano-ula amcricana ; a specimen 

 was received at the State Museum which was determined to be C. 

 islandica^ in early part of February, 1897. 



48. BuFFLE-HEAD DuCK. Charitouuftta albcola. (Linn.) 

 Winter visitor, coast, common; middle region, rare; mountains, 



rare transient. 



49. Old Squaw. Harclda hy emails. (Linn.) 



Tolerably common winter visitor on the coast ; accidental in the 

 mountains, one taken February, 1887. 



50. White-winged Scooter. Oidcmia deglanai. (Bonap.) 

 Tolerably common on the coast in winter. 



51. Surf Scooter. O/dcmia fersfic'dlata. (Linn.) 

 Very common on the coast in winter. 



52. Ruddy Duck. Erismatura jamaiccnsis. (Wils.) 

 Common winter visitor on the coast. 



53. Blue Goose. Chen avmlc^ccus. (Linn.) 



Accidental. One live specimen was seen in possession of S. J. 

 Moore, Beaufort, by Atkinson, which was taken on Bogue beach 

 one mile from Fort Macon. 



54. (tREATER Snow Goose. Chen hyperhorca nivalis. (Forst.) 

 Common on Pamlico Sound and northward in winter. 



55. American White-fronted Goose. Anser albifrons o-am- 

 heli. (Hartl.) 



One taken in Buncombe County by Cairns ; one taken on Curri- 

 tuck Sound, January, 1897. 



56. Canada Goose. Brant a canadensis. (Linn.) 



_ Tolerably common transient in the mountain and middle sec- 

 tions ; common winter visitor all through the eastern section. 



