322 ANATIDjE : SWANS, GEESE, AND DUCKS. 



Mr. Allen, in his Review of " G. D. Rowley's mono- 

 graphic essay on the Labrador or Pied Duck," says : 

 " While apparently of rather frequent occurrence along 

 the Atlantic coast, as far south at least as Long Island, 

 New Jersey, and Delaware, fifty to thirty years ago, it 

 has of late been rarely observed, and few specimens 

 appear. to have been taken since 1868. Its last recorded 

 capture, as appears from a letter from Mr. George N. 

 Lawrence, published in' Mr. Rowley's paper, seems to 

 have occurred "in the fall of 1874," when a specimen 

 was obtained by Mr. J. Wallace, from Long Island, from 

 which source the same gentleman had obtained four or 

 five others during the five previous years. All were 

 females or immature males, and only one adult male is 

 known to have been taken in the last twenty years." 

 He adds that the number of specimens known to be 

 extant are " only thirty-three, of which about twenty are 

 preserved in different collections in the United States, 

 and the remainder in European museums. About one- 

 half are adult males, and most of the remainder adult 

 females. The localities, so far as known, are Long Island, 

 N. Y., thirteen specimens ; Calais, Me., two ; Halifax har- 

 bor, one ; ' Labrador, one ' ; and one is recorded from 

 Delhi, Michigan, eighteen in all, leaving fifteen from 

 unknown localities" (Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, 1878, p. 79). 



Dr. Brewer remarks that the Pied Duck was "abun- 

 dant" in Boston market from that vicinity in 1836-37 

 (Bull. Nutt. Club, ii, 1877, p. 46). Mr. Boardman speaks 

 of its being formerly common in the Bay of Fundy 

 (Forest and Stream, vi, 1876, p. 181 ; see also Am. Nat., 

 iii, 1869, p. 383). Three individuals are noted in Nova 

 Scotia in 1850 (Orn. and Ool., vii, 1882, p. 122). Mr. 

 H. Herrick speaks of a male shot in April, 1871, at 



