No. 31.] BIRD NAMES. m 



SCOOT. At Cohasset, Mass., and Newberne, N. C., SLEEPY-HEAD; 

 in New Jersey at Pleasant ville (Atlantic Co.), SLEEPY-DUCK; at 

 Pleasantville, Atlantic City, and Somers Point, SLEEPY COOT; 

 at Crisfield, Md., SLEEPY BROTHER. 



In the vicinity of Detroit, and at Vienna Marsh, north of 

 Toledo, the book-name " Ruddy " has taken quite a hold even 

 among the market-gunners (the example of city sportsmen of 

 course). It is always a surprise to meet one of these authorized 

 names in actual service, particularly one like this, descriptive of 

 a state of plumage that the gunners are least familiar with. 

 Others at Detroit, and the "punters" of St. Clair Flats, refer 

 to the species still as FOOL-DUCK, DEAF-DUCK, and SHOT-POUCH 

 (the latter considering the bird's ability to carry away shot 

 being far from inappropriate). Commonly known at Chicago, 

 and in the Putnam Co. portion of the Illinois River, and by 

 some at Norfolk, Va., as BULL-NECK (see Nos. 15, 17) ; less com- 

 monly at Chicago, and more facetiously as STUB-AND-TWIST. 



Since finishing the list of names heard by myself in more 

 northern localities, Mr. Henry. P. Ives, of Salem, Mass., a gentle- 

 man who is well acquainted with this species, tells me of hearing 

 it commonly called the DAUB-DUCK at Rangely Lake, Me. 



In the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass., GOOSE WIDGEON; at 

 West Barnstable, same state, WIDGEON COOT, or WIDGEON sim- 

 ply (see our Widgeon of the books, No. 8 ; also Nos. 9, 12, 13, 

 17). In Massachusetts at Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard, in 

 Connecticut at Stonington, East Haddam, mouth of Connecticut 

 River, Wilmington, N. C., and Savannah, Ga., HARD-HEAD; to 

 some at Martha's Vineyard, TOUGH-HEAD. At Newport, R. I., 

 Stratford, Conn., very generally on Long Island, and at Norfolk, 

 Va., BOOBY (see note preceding No. 28) ; and sometimes on the 

 south side of Long Island, BOOBY COOT. 



" Looby " has also been recorded as a name for this species 

 (Zoology of New York, 1844, and elsewhere). I am inclined to 

 believe, however, that it originated in the index of Giraud's 

 Birds of Long Island, and is a misprint for Booby. If a mis- 

 take, it was a happy one, the two terms being synonymous. 



At Red Bank (Monmouth Co.), N. J., SALT-WATER TEAL, 



