ANNOTATED LIST. 35 



observed sitting. Crippled and barren birds remain throughout 

 the summer. 



October 29 to May 16, July and August. 



(33) I 3 I - Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.). HOODED 

 MERGANSER. Hooded Sheldrake. Smew. A rare winter visitor, 

 but not uncommon migrant. Mr. Newton Dexter writes " that 

 a full plumaged male is very rarely seen." 



(November) to (May) . 



(34) 132. Anas boschas Linn. MALLARD. Wild Mallard. 

 Green-head. An uncommon winter visitor along the coast and 

 to Narragansett Bay and inland ponds. Mr. A. C. Bent writes 

 " that he has seen specimens taken at Hundred Acre Cove, Bar- 

 rington." There is a record of capture at Newport, November i, 

 1875, wnere it is stated that they are very rare in the locality. 1 

 Mr. Southwick, 2 however, states in his List, (1887-8) that it "is 

 not uncommon." A fine male was taken at Nayatt by Mr. R. H. 

 Gibbs in spring of 1899. 



October to (April). 



(35) *33- Anas obscura Gmel. BLACK DUCK. Dusky 

 Duck. An abundant winter and rare summer resident, breed- 

 ing sparingly. Both the red-legged and green-legged varieties 

 are found, perhaps the green-legged the more commonly. 



September 29 to April 24, a few in summer. 



(36) 135. Anas strepera Linn. GADWALL. The Wid- 

 geon (Mareca americana) , and female Pintail (Dafila acuta) are 

 so often taken for this species that it is difficult to secure any 

 accurate data. There is a record for a female taken on Febru- 

 ary 26 at Newport by Mr. F. T. Jencks, 8 and there is a badly 

 mutilated specimen in the Rhode Island College collection at 

 Kingston, which was shot by Mr. John Hoxie at Carolina, May 4, 



1 F. & S., Vol. 5, No. 13, p. 204. 



Coues and Stearns, New Eng. Bird Life, Part II, p. 305. 



2 Southwick's List, p. n. 



3 O. & O., Vol. 7, No. 15, p. 114. 



