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GENUS OHARITONETTA. STEJNEGER. 



22. Charitonetta albeola (LINN.). 

 Buffle-head ; Batter-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 

 species. 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, 

 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 men 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 Goose. 



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 an 

 alley of Wooster, alive but in an exhausted condition. 



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



