SCIENTIFIC LISTS 313 



Buffle Head ; Butter Ball. Charitonetta albeola 

 {Li7in.). Common spring and fall; breeds. 



Harlequin Duck. Histrionicus histrionicus {Li?in.). 

 Islands ; fall atid winter. 



Longtail ; Old Squaw. Harelda hyemalis {Linn.'). 

 Abundant. 



Labrador Duck. Camptolaimus labradorius {Gmcl.). 

 Grand Manan ; very rare, none of late. 



American Eider Duck. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. 

 Dresser. Abundant in winter. 



King Eider. Somateria spectabilis (Z,m?z.). Not rare 

 in winter. 



American Scoter. Oidemia americana Swains. Com- 

 mon. 



White-winged Scoter. Oidemia deglandi {Bonap.). 

 Common. 



Surf Duck. Oidemia penspicillata (Z/.). Common. 



Ruddy Duck. Erismatura jamaicensis (6^/<?/.) . Not 

 rare ; breeds. 



American Sheldrake. Merganser americanus {Cass.) . 

 Not rare ; breeds. 



Red-breasted Sheldrake. Merganser serrator {Linn.) . 

 Not rare. 



Hooded Sheldrake. Lophodytes cucullatus {Linn.). 

 Not rare ; breeds. 



American White Pelican. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 

 Gmel. Accidental ; one seen in Calais. 



Common Cormorant. Phalacrocorax carbo {Lin7i.). 

 Not abundant. 



Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax dilophus 

 {Swaiyi.). Common in migrations. 



Gannet. Sula bassana (/-/>;.). Common down the ba3^ 



