44 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



83. SOMATERIA DRESSERI Sharpe. 



American eider; Ganvasback; Sea duck; Wamp. 



Sharpe, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 1871, ser. 4, vol. 8, p. 51. [NORTH 

 AMERICA]. 



Fuligula mollissima (Linne). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 349, pi. 405. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 21, fig. 3. 



Salt water chiefly; nests on the ground. 



ME. Common winter, and from Isle au Haut north, rare 

 summer resident. Nov.-April; summer. Eggs, June 15- July 4. 



N. H. Uncommon migrant and winter resident coastwise. 



MASS. Uncommon migrant and winter resident coastwise. 

 Nov. 5-April 19. 



R.I. Uncommon migrant and winter resident coastwise. 



CONN. Rare winter resident coastwise. Fall-(May 29). 



84. SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS (Linne") Leach. 



King eider. 



Anas spectabilis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 123. 

 "IN CANADA, SVECIA." 



Fuligula spectabilis (Linne*). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 347, pi. 404. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 54, pi. 9, fig. 1. 



Salt water chiefly; nests on the ground. 



ME. Uncommon winter resident coastwise. Dec. 11-April 15 

 (May 29). 



N. H. Rare winter visitor: Hampton. 

 MASS. Rare winter visitor coastwise. Oct. 21-April 5. 

 R. I. Rare winter visitor coastwise. (Sept. 15) Nov. 27-Feb. 

 CONN. Rare winter visitor coastwise. Nov. 4. 



