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WiDGKON, Mareca penelope. Bonap. Not common in spring and fall. 



Summer Duck, Wood Duck, Aix sponsa. Boie. Common in spring, 

 summer, and fall. Breeds ; nests in hollow trees and stubs ; eggs 8 to 10 ; 

 laid in May. 



Greater Black-head Duck, Fulix marila. Baird. Very rare in spring 

 and fall. 



Little Black-head Duck, Fulix affinis. Baird. Very rare in spring 

 and fall. 



Red-head, Aytliya americana. Bonap. Common in spring and fall. 



Canvas Back, Aythya vallisneria. Bonap. Not rare in migrattens. 



Golden Eye, Bucephala americana. Baird. Common in migrations. 



Butter Ball, Buffle Head, Bucephala albeola. Baird. Common in 

 migrations. 



Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus torquatus. Bonap. Bare in spring and 

 fall. 



South Southerly, Old Squaw, Harelda glacialis. Leach. Common in 

 spring, fall, and often winter. 



Velvet Duck, White-wing Coot, Melanetla velvetina. Baird. Common 

 in migrations. Often seen in winter. 



Surf Duck, Butter-bill Coot, Pelionetta perspicillaia. Kaup. Common in 

 migrations. Often seen in winter. 



Scoter, Oidemia americana, Swainson. Common in the spring and fall 

 migrations. 



Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima. Leach. Common in fall, and spring, 

 and winter. 



King Eider, Somateria spectabilis. Leach. Not rare in migrations. 



Ruddy Duck, Erismatura rubida. Bonap. Common in migrations. 

 Often seen in winter. 



Sheldrake, Mergus americanus. Cass. Common in spring and fall ; 

 often seen in winter. 



Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator. Linn. Common in 

 spring, fall, and often winter. 



Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus. Reich. Not common in 

 fall, winter, and spring. 



Smew, Mergellus albellus. Selby. Very rare in fall. 



Gannet, Sula bassana. Briss. Common in fall, winter, and spring, on 

 the coast. 



Cormorant, Graculus dilophus. Gray. Rare in winter on the coast. 



Leach's Petrel, Thalasddroma leachii. Temm. Not rare off the coast. 



Wilson's Petrel, Thalassidroma wilsoni. Bonap. Not comtnon off the 

 coast. 



Mother Gary's Chicken, Thalassidroma pelagica. Bonap. Rare off the 

 coast. 



Greater Shearwater, Puffinus major. Faber. Not common off the 

 coast. 



Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus fuliginosus. Strick. Not common off the 

 coast. 



