30 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



Gemis SPATULA Boie. 



54. (142). Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. 



A rare migrant along our coast ; most of the specimens recorded 

 seem to be from Cumberland County. 



County Records. Cumberland, "rare" (Brock) ; "six specimens are 

 recorded from this couuty" (for these records see Smith's List of Birds 

 of Maine in Forest and Stream, Vol. 20, p. 125) ; Sagadahoc, "rare spring 

 and fall" (Spinney) ; Washington, "accidental" (Boardmau). 



Genus DAFILA Stephens. 



55. (143). Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. 



A rare migrant throughout the state, but somewhat commoner 

 along the coast than in the interior. So infrequent is this species 

 in occurrence in some parts of the state that it has been recorded 

 recorded as accidental by one of our best observers. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "rare migrant" (Johnson) ; Cumber 

 land, "fairly common" (Brock) ; Franklin, "rare migrant" (Richards) ; 

 Kennebec, (Dill) ; Kuox, "rare migrant" (Rackliff) ; Oxford, "very rare" 

 (Nash) ; Sagadahoc, "rare spring and fall"' (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare, 

 two specimens in fall of '95" (Morrell) ; Washington, "accidental" 

 (Boardman). 



Genus A IX Boie. 



56. (144). Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck. 



A common summer resident in unsettled localities along streams, 

 ponds, and lakes throughout the state. It is now less common 

 than of former years. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "summer resident" (Johnson) ; 

 Aroostook, "breeds" (Batchelder in Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 

 151) ; Cumberland, "common" (Mead) ; "rather common transient, a 

 few remain through summer" (Brown's Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 31) ; 

 Franklin, "rare summer resident" (Richards) ; Hancock, "summer resi- 

 dent" (March) ; Kennebec, "common" (Dill) ; Knox, "summer" (Rack- 

 liff) ; Oxford, "breeds commonly" (Xash) ; Penobscot, "summer resi- 

 dent but not so common as in former years" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, 

 "common, breeds" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "quite common in fall" 

 (Spinney) ; Somerset, "rare summer resident, common migrant 1 " (Mor- 

 rell) ; Washington, "common" (Boardman) ; York, "migrant, possibly a 

 few breed" (Adams) . 



