30 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Genus SPATULA Boie. 



54. (142). Spatula clj'peata (Z»iJi.). Shoveller. 



A rare migrant along our coast ; most of the specimens recorded 

 seem to be from Cumberland County. 



County Eecords. — Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; "six specimens are 

 recorded from this couutj'" (for these records see Smith's List of Birds 

 of Maiue in Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 125) ; Sagadahoc, "rare spring 

 and fall" (Spinney); Washington, "accidental" (Boardman). 



Genus DAFILA Stephens. 



55. (143). Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. 



A rare migrant throughout the state, but somewhat commoner 

 along the coast than in the interior. So infrequent is this species 

 in occurrence in some parts of the state that it has been recorded 

 recorded as accidental by one of our best observers. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "rare migrant" (Johnson) ; Cumber 

 land, "fairlj' common" (Brock) ; Franklin, "rare migrant" (Richards) ; 

 Kennebec, (Dill) ; Knox, "rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "verj' rare" 

 (Xash) ; Sagadahoc, "rare spring and fall" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare, 

 two specimens in fall of '95" (Morrell) ; Washington, "accidental" 

 (Boardman). 



Genus A IX Boie. 



56. (144). Aix spousa (Z/i'nn.). Wood Duck. 



A common summer resident in unsettled localities along streams, 

 ponds, and lakes throughout the state. It is now less common 

 than of former j'cars. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "breeds" (Batchelder in Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 

 151) ; Cumberland, "common" (Mead) ; "rather common transient, a 

 few remain through summer" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 31) ; 

 Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "common" (Dill) ; Knox, "summer" (Rack- 

 liflf") ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "summer resi- 

 dent but not so common as in former j^ears" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "quite common in fall" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare summer resident, common migrant" (Mor- 

 rell) ; AVashington, "common" (Boardman) ; York, "migrant, possibly a 

 few breed" (Adams). 



