Notes on the Birds. BY) 
31. CHARITONETTA ALBEOLA (Linnieus). BUFFLE-HEAD, (153) 
Not common spring and fall migrant in all the counties; a few remaining 
in open places in the Wabash quite late in the winter. A female collected, 
February 29, 1888, at Terre Haute. 
32. HARELDA HYEMALIS (Linnieus). OLD-SQUAW. (154) 
The only record I have of this species in the counties covered by this 
paper is of two specimens obtained in Adams Township, Carroll County, or 
possibly just over the line in White County, about February 12 and 19, 1895. 
My information is that given in a special to the Indianapolis News, as 
follows: 
Delphi, Ind., February 22.—Mr. Joseph Clark, of Pine Village, Warren 
county, is the possessor of two rare birds of the duck species, that fell into 
his hands ten days ago while visiting at Burnett’s Creek, north of this place. 
During a snow storm the birds evidently became demoralized, and one of 
them, striking a telegraph wire, was crippled and captured alive, but died 
soon after. The other was found frozen in the snow a week later. Both are 
being prepared by a taxidermist. They weigh about two pounds each, have 
white heads with jet-black rings around their necks, black backs and white 
breasts. The male bird has two black feathers in its tail, at least twelve 
inches in length, while in the female bird these feathers are not so long. 
Mr. Clark has exhibited the birds, and he states that no one has ever seen 
anything like them. 
These specimens were undoubtedly the duck known as the Old-squaw, or 
South-southerly, a northern species which comes southward rarely as far as 
southern Indiana in winter. They are said to be quite common on Lake 
Michigan, off Michigan City where they are frequently caught in the fisher- 
men’s gill-nets. 
33. ERISMATURA JAMAICENSIS (Gmelin). RUDDY DUCK. (167) 
Rather rare spring and fall migrant. I have noted it in Carroll and Vigo 
counties, but not in Monrce. 
34. CHEN HYPERBOREUS HYPERBOREUS (Pallas). LESSER SNOW GOOSE. (169) 
I have seen white geese flying over in spring and fall in Carroll County. 
They were probably this species. 
85. COHEN C4SRULESCENS (Linnieus). BLUE GOOSE. (169.1) 
Rare spring and fall migrant. The only specimen I ever saw was brought 
to me by Mr. Ed. Tetzel, who killed it near Terre Haute, April 2, 1887. 
36. BRANTA CANADENSIS CANADENSIS (Linneus). 
CANADA GOOSE; HONKER. (172) 
A common spring and fall migrant in all the counties, much more abun- 
dant formerly than now. 
