8 BIRDS OF MADISON COUNTY 



12. (130) Merganser Senator (Linn.). 



Red- breasted merganser. 



Common from November 20 to April 1st. 



13. (131) Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). 



Hooded merganser. 



Rare winter visitant. One male seen February 11, 

 1899. 



14. (132) Anas boschas Linn. 



Mallard. 



A not uncommon Autumn migrant. 



15. (133) Anasobscura Gmel. 



Black duck. 



A common Autumn migrant. Arrives about Sep- 

 tember 15th. Small flocks seen Jan. 10th, and Feb. 5th, 1899, on 

 Chenango River. 



16. (139) Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.). 



Green -winged teal. 



Very common Autumn migrant. Arrives about 

 Sept. 1st, departs about Oct. 20. 



17. (140) Querquedula discors (Linn.). 



Blue-winged teal. 



Common Spring and Autumn migrant. In the fall 

 it arrives about Sept. 1st, departs about Oct. 20. One adult male 

 taken June 5th, 1897. 



18. (143) Dafilaacuta (Linn.). 



Pintail. 



An uncommon Autumn migrant. Arrives about 

 September 20th. 



19. (144) Aixsponsa (Linn.). 



Wood duck. 



Formerly a very common Summer resident about 

 Woodman's Pond. A pair, I am told, successfully reared their 

 young in a tree at Lake Earlville, May 1899. 



