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61. Spatula clypeata. SHOVELLER. Rare spring and autumn 

 visitant. It was formerly, judging from its present breeding range 

 in the interior, a frequent summer resident. (Cf. Brown, on its 

 occurrence at Portland, Maine, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 



187.) 



62. Daflla acuta. PINTAIL. " Gray Duck " of gunners. 

 Rare winter visitant. 



*63. Aix sponsa. WOOD DUCK. Common summer resident. 



64. Aythya americana. REDHEAD. Rare spring and autumn 

 migrant. 



65. Aythya vallisneria. CANVAS-BACK. Very rare spring 

 and autumn visitant. 



66. Aythya marila nearctica. AMERICAN SCAUP DUCK. 

 Not common spring and autumn visitant, some remaining in winter. 



67. Aythya affinis. LESSER SCAUP DUCK. Spring and fall 

 migrant; not common. 



68. Aythya collaris. RING-NECKED DUCK. Rare spring and 

 autumn migrant. 



69. Glancionetta clangula americana. AMERICAN GOLDEN- 

 EYE. Common winter resident. 



70. Glancioneltaislandica. BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE. Rare 

 winter visitant. Only recently added to the fauna of the State on 

 record of its actual capture (Brewster, Am. Nat., VI, May, 1872, 

 306). There is also a Connecticut record (Merriam, Rev. Bds. 

 Conn., 1877, 126). 



71. Charitonetta albeohl. BUTTERBALL. Common winter 

 visitant. 



72. Clangula hyemalis. OLD SQUAW. Common winter 

 visitant. 



73. Histrionicus histrionicus. HARLEQUIN DUCK. Rare 

 winter visitant. Formerly, like most of the Ducks, more common 

 than now (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 46). Still 

 common in winter on the coast of Maine (Brewster, ibid., VIII, 

 1883, 163). 



1886.] 



