504 



GAME BIRDS, WILD-FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS. 



them are gunners, of whom a fair proportion might also be 

 ranked as ornithologists, and the list includes some of the 

 principal ornithologists of Massachusetts. 



Table indicating the Decrease of Certain Game Birds, Wild-fowl and Shore 



Birds in Massachusetts. 



[Average time of observation, 27 years, 3 months.] 



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Merganser, . 



Red-breasted Merganser, 



Hooded Merganser, 



Mallard, 



Black Duck, 



Breeding Black Duck, 



Baldpate, . 



Green-winged Teal, 



Blue-winged Teal, 



Pintail, 



Wood Duck, 



Redhead, . 



Scaup, 



Lesser Scaup, 



Golden-eye, 



Buffle-head, 



Old-squaw, 



American Eider, 



Scoter, 



White-winged Scoter, 



Surf Scoter, 



Ruddy Duck, . 



Canada Goose, . 



Brant, 



Virginia Rail, 



Sora Rail, . 



Coot, . 



10 

 15 

 10 

 17 

 40 

 27 



6 

 13 

 15 

 16 



5 

 10 



7 

 11 



2 



7 

 12 

 11 



9 



19 

 15 



4 



5 

 10 



6 



7 



5 



13 



22 



13 



7 



1 



3 



3 



3 



6 



194 

 188 

 195 

 100 

 175 



217 

 172 

 148 

 223 

 118 

 202 

 207 

 241 

 163 

 197 

 292 

 223 

 204 

 184 

 191 

 214 

 128 

 163 

 221 

 217 

 165 



