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50. Oidemia perspicillata Linn. Surf Scoter. 



A rare winter visitor, A male was shot on Bayou St. 

 John, near New Orleans, March 20, 1890. The specimen was 

 mounted, and is now in the collection of Mr. GustaveKohn,of 

 New Orleans. 



51. Oidemia americana Sw. & Rich. Black Scoter. 



An accidental visitor. It has been taken near Lake 

 Catherine. A specimen is in the possession of Mr. Kohn. 



52. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White-winged Scoter. 



An occasional winter visitor on the Gulf coast; rarely go- 

 ing inland. 



53. Erismatura jamaicensis Gmel. Euddy Duck; Marteau. 

 A very common winter resident. 



54. Chen caerulescens Linn. Blue Goose. 



A common winter resident along the Gulf coast. 



55. Chen hyperborea Pall . Lesser Snow Goose. 

 An abundant winter resident on the coast. 



56. Chen hyperborea nivalis Forst. Greater Snow Goose. 



While not as common as the preceding, considerable 

 numbers pass the winter on the coast. I have seen them as 

 far west as Vermillion Bay, when they were traveling east 

 (January, 1894). 



57. Anser albifrons gambeli Hartl. American White-fronted Goose. 

 A winter resident. It generally arrives and departs with 



the Snow geese. 



58. Branta canadensis Linn. Canada Goose. 



Like the i^receding species in its migrations, it is one of 

 the commonest of all geese in the New Orleans markets dur- 

 ing the winter. 



59. Branta canadensis hutchinsii Sw. & Rich. Hutch-iris Goose. 

 A winter resident; common 011 the coast. 



60. Branta bernicla Linn, ./trinit. 

 An occasional winter visitor. 



61. Dendrocygna fulva Gmel. Fnlvous Tree Duck- 



To niy knowledge, only an occasional visitor in the early 

 fall. Several large flocks appeared on Lake Catharine during 

 October, 1892, when a number of them were shot.* Several 

 other reports have been received from various places along 

 the coast. 



*This species was again taken in January, 1900, at the RigoIets.==G. E. B. 



