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in the southern part of the state, and many winter on the rivers 

 where open water is to be found. Mr. R. H. Howe, Junior, 

 ('99, p. 40) has recorded a single bird at Shelburne, on the An- 

 droscoggin River, so late as December 20, 1897, but I do not 

 know of the birds wintering north of Lake Winnepesaukee. 

 Mr. Dearborn finds them wintering on the Winnepesaukee and 

 Merrirnack Rivers. Dr. W. H. Fox writes me of a pair noted 

 at Hollis, on our southern border, in July, 1876, and it is not 

 impossible that they may have bred in the neighboring region. 

 Dates: (Southern N. H.) November i to April 15 (July); (Northern 

 N. H.) April to November (December). 



28. Merganser serrator (Linn.) . RED-BREASTED MER- 

 GANSER. 



A common spring and fall migrant and winter resident on the 

 coast; occasional inland. Mr. G. H. Thayer writes me that it is 

 an irregular fall visitant to Dublin Pond. 



Dates : November to April. 



29. Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). HOODED MER- 

 GANSER. 



An uncommon spring and fall migrant, and in the northern 

 parts of the state, a summer resident. Thirty years ago, ac- 

 cording to Mr. C. J. Maynard ('72) it bred "not uncommonly" 

 at Lake Umbagog, and Mr. William Brewster (:oo, p. 208) 

 states that it still breeds there in hollow trees. 



Dates : March to November. 



30. Alias boschas Linn. MAI^ARD. 



A rare spring and fall migrant. Mr. F. B. Spaulding writes 

 me that one was shot on a pond near Lancaster in the spring of 

 1888 or '89. Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, p. 6) states that he knew 

 of but three to have been shot in fifteen years on the Winnipe- 

 saukee River, the last one being in October, 1895. In Novem- 

 ber, 1900, there seems to have been a flight of Mallards in south- 

 ern New England, and Mr. W. B. Cram writes me that on the 

 8th of that month he observed a flock of eight at Hampton Falls, 

 two or three birds on the 9th, and five on the nth, of which 

 two. an old drake and a duck, were shot. Mr. H. C. Sargent 



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