10 THK BIRDS OF SPRINC.FIELD AND VICINITY. 



142. Spatula clypeata (I^inn. ). vShoveller. An 

 accidental visitant; the specimen in tlie Mnseum in Spring- 

 field was captured by William C. Pease, in Longmeadow. It 

 has been taken once or twice near Northampton. (See Birds 

 in Amherst, page 46.) 



143. Dafila acuta (lyinn. ). Pintail. A common 

 autumn \-isitant but rare in spring. This is the .second migrant 

 of the ducks to appear in the autumn, coming about two weeks 

 later than the Blue-winged Teal; I have taken it here as early 

 as the .seventeenth of September. For a few weeks in i8gi it 

 was alnmdant on the river. 



144. Aix sponsa (I/inn. ). Woon Duck. Common 

 summer resident; until within a few years, one or two pairs 

 bred regularly in Forest Park. 



146. Aythya americana (Byt.). Rkd-hkad. Rare 

 autumn visitor and probably here occasionall\- in the spring. 

 I have .seen them on the river in large flocks, but that is 

 unusual. 



148. Aythya marila ( I/inn. ). A:\iericax Scaup Duck. 

 Uncommon autunui \'isitor; I have never known of their l)eing 

 here in an\- great numbers. 



149. Aythya affinis (Eyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck. 

 Rare spring and conunon autumn \-isitor, arriving here about 

 the middle of October. There are ])lent>- of pond snails 

 LhiDuea A/coasioiiia here, which appear to be their favorite food, 

 and when the Connecticut river is not high and roily they can 

 ol)tain all they want without much exertion. I have .seen five 

 hundred of them on the river at once; they would make us 

 long vi.sits l)ut for the practice of .shooters of chasing them with 

 boats, which very .soon results in their being driven from this 

 vicinity. The late Dr. Wood of East Wind.sor Hill has taken 

 them there in the .spring, but they are rare at that season. 



150. Aythya coUaris (Donov.). Ring-necked Duck. 

 A rare autumn \isitor. 



