THE BIRDS OF WAYNE COUNTY. 26J 



GENUS CHARITONETTA. STEJNEGER, 



22. Charitonetta albeola (LINN.). 

 Buffle-head ; Butter- ball. 



A common transient visitor in March and April ; much less frequently observed' 

 in the fall. It occurs singly and in small flocks, usually not accompanied by other 

 sp?cies. Contrary to the experience of Dr. Wheaton, 1 it here apparently prefers the 

 lakes and ponds to running water; this being possibly due to the comparatively small, 

 size of the streams. 



Mr. C. E. Bixler has a female of this species now mounted, which was picked up r 

 evidently much exhausted, on one of the main streets of Wooster, April 26, 1885. 



GENUS CLANGULA. LEACH. 



23. Clangula hyemalis (LINN.) 

 Old Squaw. 



A winter visitor only, and apparently quite rare. The single known Wayne 

 County record is that of an adult male which was killed during the winter of 1886-7,. 

 in the extreme southwestern portion of the County, on Odell's Lake, by me.i who 

 were there at work cutting ice. This specimen is in the collection of Dr. J. C_ 

 McMurray, who furnished the above particulars of its capture. 



GENUS ERISMATURA. BONAPARTE. 



24. Erismatura rubida (WILS.). 

 Ruddy Duck. 



A tolerably common transient on streams and ponds. Observed principally'in 

 the spring. 



SUBFAMILY ANSERIN/E. GEESE. 



GENUS BRANTA. SCOPOLI. 



25. Branta canadensis (LINN.). 

 Canada Groose. 



A common spring and fall transient, observed chiefly in March and November^ 

 The flocks not infrequently alight within the County, probably for the purpose of 

 feeding. A farmer in Clinton township found, on the morning of March 21, 1894, 

 about fifty of these birds in his yard among his domestic geese. A Canada Goose now 

 in the collection of Mr. George Faber is said to have been found one morning, in art 

 alley of Wooster, alive but in an exhausted condition. 



1 Geological survey of Ohio IV, 1882, p. 534. 



