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A rare fall migrant on the Sound ; very rare along the inland 

 waterways. 



Coast records. Linsley records it from Stratford, and Mer- 

 riam 1 calls it a " tolerably common winter resident," having 

 seen it as early as Oct. 4, 1876. Oct., 1879, New Haven- Harbor, 

 one female collected by Dr. G. Woolsey (in Peabody Museum) ; 

 April 23, 1889, Stony Creek, one seen (J. H. S.) ; Oct., 1900, 

 Branford, male taken by L. C. S. (in coll of L. B. B.) ; Oct. 22, 

 1902, Branford, male taken by L. C, S. ; Oct. 24, 1906, Stony 

 Creek, young bird shot by A. H. V. (in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Oct. 

 4, 1909, West Haven, two males taken by A. Ganung (in coll. 

 of L. B. B.). 



Inland records. Oct. 9, 1888, Portland, seventeen of a flock 

 of thirty shot by J. L. Goff (seven in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 21, 

 1890, Portland, flock of twenty-five seen (five in coll. of J. H. 

 S.) ; Oct. 2, 1893, Portland, one seen by W. E. T.; Oct. 16, 1899, 

 Middletown, two shot (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 19, 1900, Port- 

 land, two shot. 



Spring record. April 23, 1889, Stony Creek, one seen by 

 J. H. S. 



Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte. White-winged Scoter. 



A common winter resident on the Sound, especially abundant 

 in October and November, March and April. Not usually com- 

 mon inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Oct. 13, 1883; Portland, Oct. 

 4, 1895. 



Latest record. New Haven, May 21, 1888; Sachem's Head, 

 June 8, 1892 (J. H. S.). 



Inland records. Oct. 19, 1881, Eastford, female shot (in 

 coll. of C. M. Jones) ; 2 Oct. 4, 1895, Portland, about seventy-five 

 seen in Connecticut River by S. R. ; Oct. 12, 1895, Portland, 

 adult male shot in Connecticut River (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; Oct. 

 1 6, 1900, Portland, one killed by C. E. Lincoln; Oct. 20, 30, Nov. 

 3, 6, 1905, Oct. n, 28, 1907, common at Bantam Lake, Litchfield 

 (E. S. W.). 



Unusual record. Aug. 30, 1906, Pine Orchard (A. A. S.). 



Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 127. 

 O. and O., viii, 4, p. 32. 



