74. BIRD NAMES. [No. 22. 



a name distinguishing it here from other mergansers, but, as 

 elsewhere stated, sometimes loosely employed to designate the 

 three (Nos. 20, 21, 22) collectively. 



In Abbott's catalogue of New Jersey birds, 1868, we read of 

 the present species being " generally known inland " as POND 

 SAW-BILL. 



At Detroit, SPIKE-BILL. Nowhere in western localities men- 

 tioned have I heard the name " sheldrake " applied to it. 



At Newport, R. I., SMEW. The Hooded Merganser is about 

 the size of the true Smew, Mergus albellus, and the drake of the 

 latter species, when his crest is erected, looks considerably like 

 our bird ; very much as our bird might look in a state of partial 

 albinism. The Smew proper is no longer included in our fauna, 

 and it is doubtful if it ever should have been. Though Wilson 

 tells us that it was " frequently observed " in his time " in the 

 ponds of New England," etc. 



At Manasquan, N. J., WATER-PHEASANT; at Morehead, 

 N. C., PHEASANT DUCK, and more commonly PHEASANT* 

 simply. Lawson writes, in his New Voyage to Carolina, 1709 : 

 " The water-pheasant (very improperly called so) are a water- 

 fowl of the duck kind, having a topping of pretty feathers which 

 sets them out." (For other water-fowl to which " pheasant " is 

 attached, see Nos. 13, 20, 21.) 



In New Jersey at Barnegat, Tuckerton, Pleasantville (At- 

 lantic Co.), Atlantic City, and Somers Point, COCK-ROBIN, and 

 less commonly COCK-ROBIN DUCK; at Somers Point, Cape May 

 C. H., and Cape May City, and at Eastville, Va., Wilmington, 

 N. C., and St. Augustine, Fla., HAIRY-HEAD. 



At Crisfield, Md. (east shore of Chesapeake), SNOWL ; a name 

 as weird as some of those in Alice's Wonderland, and the only 

 one by which the bird is known, so far, at least, as I could dis- 

 cover in 1885. 



To the darkies of Charleston, S. C., and its vicinity, MOSS- 



* The Ruffed Grouse, No. 41, generally known by this name in the South, 

 is not met with in this section, and when referred to is termed "Mountain 



Pheasant." 



