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4. Phalacrocorax carbo. Coumoslsnt. — An intenerfiag case is 

 Recorded of a Common Cormorant that was swn to bo harassed by two 



Kingbirds at Amesbury on June IS, 1S95. It sought refuge ia.an oak tree 

 and fell to t he ground where it was captured. An examination snowed that 

 •one wing hail been broken but had healed. The bird was a maJ'«-. 



5. Phalacrocorax auritus auritus. Docule-crested Cormorant. 

 — A midsummer bird is noted as Shol at Kingston, N. H., July 10, 1891. 



6. Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown Pelican. — An imimufcure bird, 

 taken May 1, L907, ofi Greal Hoar's Head, Hampton Beach, N. H., was 

 mounted by Mr. Dainsell, and later purchased by Col. JohnE. Thayer 

 who presented it to the Society, It lias not apparently been recorded. 



7. Anas platyrhynchos . Mallard. — Occasionally taken, in one 

 instance a late male, on December 2, 1904. A pair shot at Trues Pond, 

 October 10, 1893, weighed — the drake 2$ pounds; the duck 2 pounds. 



8. Nettion carolinense. Green-winged Teal. — An early record is 

 of one shot Match 23, 1889. In 1898, one was killed on December 2. 



9. Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. — The only spring 

 Specimens noted are: one on Match 21, 1898, and a male, April 24, 1897. 



10. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. — This unmistakable species is 

 twice recorded, once in spring, April 6, 1893, and once in fall, September 3, 

 189 I. Both dates extend those recorded for Essex County. 



11. Aix sponsa. WOOD Dick. — A late bird is noted on December 16, 

 1903. 



12. Marila americana. Redhead. — A single specimen was taken 

 October 14, 1893. 



13. Marila collaris. Ring-necked Duck. — But one record is given 

 for Essex County in Dr. Townsend's memoir. Mr. Damsell, however, has 

 a record of a bird on April 7, 1889. 



14. Somateria dresseri. American Eider.— The collection contains 

 several specimens of this duck, and the notebooks record it once as early 

 as September 20, 1903, an unusually forward bird. 



15. Somateria spectabilis. King Eider. — The single record for 

 Essex County is the specimen taken at Marblehead, November 24, 1S89. 

 It is therefore of interest to find that a second was shot at nearly the same 

 time by Mr. Dainsell, namely on November 29, 1889. It was a young 

 male. 



10. Chen hyperboreus hyperboreus. Lesser Snow Goose. — A 

 Snow Goose, shot October 7, ISSS, is among the birds whose measurements 

 ate entered in one of the notebooks. The wing length is there recorded as 

 14} inches, which indicates the Lesser Snow Goose. In the notebook for 

 1902, is the entry: " Albert Shaw shot a Snow Goose," but the exact date, 

 if known, was not recorded. A further entry records, February IS, 1902, 

 •■ Saw a Bock of Snow Ceese." 



17. Anser albifrons gambeli. White-fronted Goose. — Previous 

 to I90o, there were no records of this bird for Kssex County. Mr. Dainsell 



