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by Salvador! in the Catalogue of Birds, Vol. 27, it occurs ' from Java and 

 Timor to Southern New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand sub-region, and 

 Polynesia, including the Pelew Islands.' 



Mr. Gregory M. Mathews writes me under date of Aug. 14, 1912, that 

 there are several subspecies of this duck outside Austraha which he is 

 inclined to admit as valid because this bird is not a real migrant, although 

 it flies long distances at times. 



The return of one of my Australian ducks on February 20, suggests that 

 there was no attempt at migration, and that the birds were either starved 

 out or shot in this neighborhood. — J. C. Phillips, Wenham, Mass. 



The European Teal ( Nettion crecca) again Returning to Wenham, 

 Mass. — In 'The Auk,' 1911, page 366, 1 told of the migration and return 

 of a European Teal raised in captivity here at Wenham. The bird arrived 

 April 19, 1911 after an absence since December 6, 1910. 



All summer of 1911 this bird was in or near the pond. On November 25 

 our captive fowl were placed in winter quarters, and our Teal vacated. 

 Four other poorly pinioned European Teal escaped at the same time, 

 having grown outer secondaries or new primaries long enough to enable 

 them to fly. Our bird, however, did not leave until December 31, as she 

 was seen several times about the pond and lake until that date. Wenham 

 Lake closed during the first few days of January, 1912, the fall having been 

 extremely mild. 



On the morning of April 18, 1912, our bird was again back in the pond 

 where she was hatched, having arrived during the night or early morning; 

 thus completing her second migration. That day she was quite shy, and 

 flushed immediately, but soon returned. I saw her first on April 20. She 

 was then perfectly tame and could with diflSculty be driven from the pond. 



On April 23 another Teal appeared in the pond; whether an escape of 

 last fall, or some other bird, can only be conjectured. This bird did not 

 remain long, however. 



It is fair, I think, to consider the first arrival the same bird as before 

 reported, though there is no absolute evidence. The dates of spring arrival 

 on the two years are I think interesting. — J. C. Phillips, Wenham, Mass. 



Northern Eider in South Dakota; a new record for the interior 

 of North America. — It is my privilege to announce the capture, Novem- 

 ber 4, 1911, of a Northern Eider, Somateria moUissima borealis, in Lake 

 County, eastern South Dakota. The identification is by the Biological 

 Survey. Wells W. Cooke writes ' not only the first record for South 

 Dakota, but the first record for the whole interior of North America.' 

 Adrian Larson of Sioux Falls, who at my suggestion sent the specimen to 

 Washington for identification, supplies the following notes: This bird, 

 which is either a female or an immature male, was shot about forty miles 

 north in a lake region ' locally called Madison Pass.' The severe cold 



