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131. Querquedula discors (Linnaeus). Blue-winged Teal. — Rare 

 transient. The only examples I have heard of so far are one- that Mr. 

 Greer tells me he mounted in April 1910, the bird being a female, and a few 

 that Mr. Stephen Clarke of Hatley Centre informs me he has shot from 

 time to time but has never had mounted. 



132. Aix sponsa (Linnaeus). Wood Duck. — Rare transient. I have 

 not come across this handsomest of ducks so far in life, but Mr. Greer tells 

 me he has mounted three male examples, one for Mr. S. J. Clarke of Hatley 

 Centre, which was caught in a muskrat trap on Little Magog Lake in the 

 middle of April about eight years ago, another for Mr. D. C. Bell of North 

 Hatley, which was shot also on Little Magog Lake on April 26, 1910, and 

 the third for Mr. S. A. Ball also of North Hatley which was shot on the 

 Magog River somewhere about the year 1908. The first two examples 

 were shown to me on December 6, 1917, and at that time were still in the 

 possession of their respective captors. It is probably only a matter of 

 time before this beautiful duck will have to be numbered amongst the 

 extinct species. 



133. Clangula clangula americana (Bonaparte). American 

 Golden-eye. — Rare transient. My authority for including this species 

 in my list rests on an example which Mr. Greer tells me he mounted for 

 Mr. R. G. Spriggins of North Hatley on December 5, 1909. The bird 

 which is an adult male was shot by Mr. Spriggins along the eastern shore 

 of Lake Massawippi, and when I saw it on December 6, 1917, was still 

 in the possession of the captor. 



134. Oidemia americana (Swainson). American Scoter. — Rare 

 transient. My authority for including this species in my list rests on an 

 adult male, which Mr. W. Bassett of North Hatley tells me he found dead 

 on the ice on Lake Massawippi about December 6, 1915. Mr. Bassett had 

 noticed the bird about for several days previously, on an open drain near the 

 shore of the lake and had made up his mind to secure it, but on arrival at 

 the spot about the above date he noticed the bird some distance out on the 

 ice of the lake. For the purpose of heading it inland he made a detour on 

 the ice, but on gradually drawing closer and closer he was surprised to find 

 it did not move, and on eventually reaching the bird it was found to be 

 dead. He kept it for several days and eventually sent it to Mr. Greer on 

 December 13 who informs me that it was too far gone to preserve, 

 but he confirms the record as being an adult male of the above species. 



135. Butorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus). Little Green 

 Heron. — Rare transient; September 24. The above date in 1917 is the 

 only one on which I have come across this handsome little heron, which in 

 company with another was feeding in the center of " the marsh." Both 

 birds got up when I was a long way off and not being familiar with the 

 species at the time, I was unable to make out what they were. One made 

 for some adjacent woods whilst the other directed its course to a neighbor- 

 ing small marsh and sheet of water, which my son and I call the " Smiling 

 Pool." I followed the latter backwards and forwards from this pool 



