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[74.] Camptolremus labradorius. LABRADOR DUCK. For- 

 merly a not uncommon winter visitant ; no recent record of its 

 capture in this State. " Abundant " in Boston market fifty years 

 ago (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 46). The speci- 

 mens figured by Audubon were killed by the " Honourable Daniel 



Webster of Boston on the Vineyard Islands." The latest 



record of its capture anywhere is Elmira, Chemung County, N. Y., 

 Dec. 12, 1878 (Gregg, Am. Nat., XIII, 1879, 128). 



[75.] Somateria mollissima. EIDER. Doubtless a rare win- 

 ter straggler from the north. (See Brewster, Auk, II, 1885, u i.) 



76. Somateria dresseri. AMERICAN EIDER. Not uncom- 

 mon in spring and fall, some remaining in winter. 



77. Somateria spectabilis. KING EIDER. Rare winter visi- 

 tant. 



78. Oidemia americana. AMERICAN SCOTER. Common in 

 spring and fall, and not rare in winter. 



79. Oidemia deglandi. WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. Common 

 winter visitant. More common than the last or next. 



80. Oidemia perspicillata. SURF SCOTER. Common winter 

 visitant. 



81. Erismatura rubida. RUDDY DUCK. Rather common 

 winter visitant, but most numerous in fall and spring. 



[82.] Chen hyperborea. LESSER SNOW GOOSE. Rare or ac- 

 cidental winter visitor. Several specimens have come to my 

 knowledge, taken in Massachusetts, which seem referable to this 

 form. 



820. Chen hyperborea nivalis. GREATER SNOW GOOSE. 

 Rare winter visitant. 



83. Anser albifrons gambeli. AMERICAN WHITE-FRONTED 

 GOOSE. Rare spring and fall migrant. Some years since I found 

 specimens in the Boston markets I had reason to believe were 

 killed in this State. Dr. Brewer says it was more common forty 

 to fifty years ago than now, as was the case with many of our 

 other Ducks and Geese (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 46). 



84. Branta canadensis. CANADA GOOSE. Common spring 

 and autumn visitant; probably formerly a summer resident. 



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