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Ipswich : "Abundant in winter. October to April." Nantucket : " Com- 

 mon." Springfield : One instance. Fall. Wellesley : " Casual on lakes 

 irvfall." 



144. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. AMERICAN EIDER. 



A not uncommon spring and autumn migrant and winter resident 

 off the coast.* 



Bristol County : " Common winter visitant along the coast." Cohasset : 

 " Rather common in fall and winter." Nantucket : " Common." 



145. Somateria mollissima borealis C. L. Brehm. NORTH- 

 ERN EIDER. 



A rare winter visitor to the coast from the north. 

 Last of October to April 3. 



Cohasset: One instance. Essex County: " November to May. Abun- 

 dant." [Probably refers to 5". dresseri.} Nantucket : " Rare." 



146. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). KING EIDER. 

 A very rare winter visitant off the coast. 



November i to April 5. 



Cohasset: "One instance." Essex County :" Winter. Very rare.'* 

 Nantucket: "Rare." 



147. Nomonyx dominicus (Linn.). MASKED DUCK* 

 Accidental from the south. One record only : Maiden, a male 



in full plumage was taken August 27, 1889. It was shot on a 

 pond of less than an acre in extent, where it had been for over a 

 week. It is now in the C. B. Cory collection. 1 



148. Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). RUDDY DUCK. 

 A rather common spring and autumn migrant. Has been 



known to breed at Cape Cod, 2 "and has been taken in the breeding 

 season at Cohasset, Wakefield 2 and the Charles River.' 2 

 March 20. June and August ; 'September to December 8. 



* Mackay; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1890, pp. 315-3^. 



1 Cory ; Auk, Vol. VI, No. 4, Oct., 1889, p. 336. 



2 Deane; Amer. Nat., Vol. VIII, No. 7, July, 1874, pp. 433, 434; Miller; / -k, 

 Vol. VIII, No. i, Jan., 1891, pp. 117, nS, and Small; O. & O., Vol. XVI, 

 No. 9, Sept., 1891, p. 135. 



