BIEDS 

 Family ANATIDAE. 



29. Merganser. Mergus americanus. Winter 

 resident and common migrant. 



30. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus serrator. 

 Kegular migrant, common. 



31. Hooded Merganser. Lophodytes cucullatus. 

 Regular migrant, common. 



32. Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos. Migrant, not 

 common. 



33. Black Duck. Anas rubripes. Regular mi- 

 grant, common; said to have formerly bred; one 

 recent breeding record. 



34. Gadwall. Chaulelasmus streperus. Irregular 

 migrant, rare. 



35. Baldpate. Mareca americana. Regular mi- 

 grant, not common ; reported as abundant in Seton'a 

 manuscript list of 1884. 



36. Green-winged Teal. Nettion carolinense. 

 Regular migrant ; rare, formerly abundant. 



37. Blue-winged Teal. Querquedula discors. Reg- 

 ular migrant, not uncommon; formerly much more 

 abundant, probably bred. 



38. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Migrant, not 

 common. 



39. Pintail. Defila acuta. Regular migrant, not 

 uncommon. 



40. Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Regular migrant, 

 not uncommon. 



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