ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES t c 



137. Clangula islandica (Gmel.). BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE 

 DUCK. 



A very rare winter visitant. The records are : Cape Cod, 

 December 7, 1871, an adult female ; 1 Boston Market, "numbers 

 of females and two fine males seen," most of them shot within 

 State limits during the winter of 187 1-^; 1 Ipswich, there is a 

 male labelled January 27, 1879, in the mounted collection of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, which appears unrecorded ; 

 Plymouth, a male, shot in the autumn, about 1885. 2 



138. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). BUFFLE-HEAD DUCK. 

 An uncommon spring and autumn migrant on the coast, winter- 

 ing rarely. Not uncommon inland. 



(September) October 25 to November 29; Winter; March n 

 to April 8. 



Berkshire: " Rare transient visitant." Bristol County: "Uncommon 

 winter visitant." Cambridge : Common in October and November. 

 Cohasset : "Not rare in spring and fall." Dedham : "One taken." 

 Essex County: "October to May. Abundant." Nantucket : "Not 

 uncommon." Springfield : " Not uncommon in early spring and late 

 autumn." Templeton : One instance. Wellesley : " Not uncommon on 

 ponds in October and November. Casual in spring." 



139. Harelda hiemalis (Linn.). LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and winter resident 

 along the coast. Occasional inland. 



October 10 to April 19 (May 7). 



Berkshire: "Rare transient visitant." Bristol County: "Abundant 

 winter visitor along the coast." Cambridge: Rather common, October 

 and November. Cohasset: "Abundant in fall and winter. Most abun- 

 dant duck." Ipswich : " Common off shore in winter." Nantucket : 

 " Common." Springfield: " Rather rare spring and autumn visitor." 



140. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). HARLEQUIN 

 DUCK. 



A rare early winter visitant along the coast. There is one spec- 

 imen in the mounted collection of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology taken at Hudson, Mass., over twenty miles inland. 



November i to January. 



1 Brewster; Amer. Nat., Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1872, pp. 306, 307. 



2 Job; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 3, July, 1896, p. 202. 



