BOTATTRUS LENTIGINOSUS, Bittern, t 

 Occasional. 



POBZANA CAROUNA, Carolina Rail.*-Not 

 rare, migrations, October. 



FULICA AMERICANA, (7oo<. *-Several speci- 

 mens have been taken, one as early as 

 April. 



BRANTA BERNICLA, Brant Goose.\ Not 

 rare, fall. 



BRANTV CANADENSIS, Canada Goosed 

 Not rare, fall. 



ANAS BOSCHAS, Mallard.^ Not rare, 

 fall. 



ANAS OBSCURA, Dusky or Black Duck, f 

 Rather common, fall. Mr. Lynch speaks 

 of there being what he calls a second kind 

 which often flies with this bird, and calls 

 it Norwegian Black Duck. I cannot posi- 

 tively identify it. 



DAFILA ACUTA, Pintail.* Rare. A sin- 

 gle specimen, male in full plumage ; had 

 not been seen before by many of the old 

 hunters here who had seen it. Date not 

 given. 



MARECA AMERICANA, H'idgeon.-f Quite 

 common, in flocks of 15 or 20 ; they are 

 acute divers, and like several others, take 

 wing immediately upon appearing at the 

 surface. 



QUERQUEDULA cAROMNENSis, Green 

 tvinged Teal.\ Rather common, but less 

 so than they used to be, in small flocks in 

 early fall. 



QUERQUEDULA DiscoRS, Blue winged 

 Teal.\ Not rare in early fall in family 

 broods. 



MERGUS SERRATUS, Red breasted Megan- 

 ser.* Not rare in migrations. 



