AVES. 37 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



Freshwater streams and ponds; nests in hollow trees, rarely on 

 the ground. 



ME. Uncommon migrant and summer resident. Mar. 28- 

 late Nov. 



N. H. Uncommon migrant and summer resident. Mar.-Dec. 



VT. Uncommon migrant and summer resident. April 8- 

 Oct. 23. 



MASS. Uncommon migrant and rare summer resident; acci- 

 dental in winter. (Mar. 10) Mar. 20-April 30; summer; Sept. 

 15-Nov. 18 (Dec. 31, 1890, So. Weymouth; Jan. 11, 1888, Taunton). 

 Eggs, April 23-May 2. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant and rare summer resident. Mar.- 

 Nov. 11. Eggs, May 10. 



CONN. Uncommon migrant and rare summer resident; acci- 

 dental in winter. Mar. 18-Oct. (Jan. 9, 1880, Norwich). Eggs, 

 May. 



71. MARILA AMERICANA (Eyton) A. O. U. comm. 



Redhead; American pochard. 



Fuligula americana Eyt., Monogr. Anatidae, 1838, p. 155. 

 "NORTH AMERICA/' 



Fuligula ferina Linne*. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. 6, 

 p. 311, pi. 396. 



Fresh and salt water; nests in marshes. 



ME. Rare migrant; said formerly to have bred in Washington 

 Co. Mar. 27; Sept. 21-Nov. 5. 



N. H. Rare fall migrant. 



VT. Rare fall migrant: Lake Champlain. 



MASS. Rare migrant more frequent in fall, and rare winter 

 resident on south coast. Mar. 6-April 3; Oct. 4-Dec. 21 (winter). 



R. I. Rare migrant and winter resident. Oct. 8-Feb. 3. 



CONN. Rare migrant. 



