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137. Clangulaislandica (Gmel.). Barrow’s GOLDEN-EYE 
Duck. 
A very rare winter visitant. The records are: Cafe Cod, 
December 7, 1871, an adult female ;! Boston Market, “numbers 
of females and two fine males seen,” most of them shot within 
State limits during the winter of 1871—"72;* Jpswich, there is a 
male labelled January 27, 1879, in the mounted collection of the 
Boston Society of Natural History, which appears unrecorded ; 
Plymouth, a male, shot in the autumn, about 1885.” 
138. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). BurrLe-HEap Duck. 
An uncommon spring and autumn migrant on the coast, winter- 
ing rarely. Not uncommon inland. 
_ (September) October 25 to November 29; Winter; March 11 
to April 8. 
Berkshire: “ Rare transient visitant.” Bristol County: ‘‘ Uncommon 
winter visitant.’ Cambridge: Common in October and November. 
Cohasset: ‘‘Not rare in spring and fall.” Dedham: “One taken.” 
Essex County: ‘‘ October to May. Abundant.” Nantucket: ‘‘ Not 
uncommon.” Springfield: ‘‘ Not uncommon in early spring and late 
autumn.” Templeton: One instance. Wellesley: ‘‘ Not uncommon on 
ponds in October and November. Casual in spring.” 
139. Hareldahiemalis (Linn.). Lonc-raiLep Duck. 
An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and winter resident 
along the coast. Occasional inland. 
October 1o to April 19 (May 7). 
Berkshire: “Rare transient visitant.” Bristol County: “ Abundant 
winter visitor along the coast.” Cambridge: Rather common, October 
and November. Cohasset: ‘‘ Abundant in fall and winter. Most abun- 
dant duck.” Ipswich: “Common off shore in winter.” Nantucket: 
“Common.” Springfield: “ Rather rare spring and autumn visitor.” 
140. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). HARLEQUIN 
Duck. 
A rare early winter visitant along the coast. ‘There is one spec- 
imen in the mounted collection of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoblogy taken at Hudson, Mass., over twenty miles inland. 
November 1 to January. 
1 Brewster; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1872, pp. 306, 307. 
2Job; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July, 1896, p. 202. 
