ANNOTATED LIST. 37 



(41) 143. Dafila acuta (Linn.). PINTAIL. Gray Duck. 

 Sprig-tail. An uncommon migrant along the coast at Sakonnet, 

 Newport, and Point Judith. Lawton's List states that this species 

 " is occasionally met with round our bay, and is very abundant 

 at Block Island." 1 Mr. F. T. Jencks, with Dr. H. F. Marshall, 

 shot three at Point Judith on September 4, 1879. 



September 4 to (April 15). 



(42) 144. Aix sponsa (Linn.). WOOD DUCK. Summer 

 Duck. A regular migrant and uncommon summer resident. 

 Mr. O. Durfee writes that " it used to breed and he believes still 

 does about the Tiverton and Little Compton ponds." Lawton 

 also speaks of its breeding in the "western part of the State." 1 



(March) to (November), uncommon in summer. 



(43) 146. Aythya americana (Eyt.). REDHEAD. Red- 

 headed Duck. A rare migrant and winter visitant. Both Dr. 

 Rives' 2 and Southwick's 3 List states that it has been taken, and 

 Lawton 1 says that it " is very plentiful (?) in the salt pond on 

 Block Island going out of the pond every night toward the west 

 and returning at daybreak." Mr. Newton Dexter writes that a 

 few are taken every fall at Sakonnet. One was killed at Paw- 

 tucket February 5, 1898. 



(October) to (April). 



(44) 147. Aythya vallisneria (Wils.). CANVAS-BACK. Can- 

 vas-backed Duck. A very rare and irregular visitant. Dr. Rives, 2 

 Southwick 8 and Lawton 4 say that it has been taken at Newport. 

 There is a record of four birds being taken at Point Judith, in 

 November, 1881, by Mr. Fred. Skinner. 5 



October 2 to November. 



Lawton's List, p. 16. 



2 Dr. Rives' List, p. 40. 



3 Southwick's List, p. n. 



4 Lawton's List, p. 17. 



5 F. & S., Vol. 15, No. 23, p. 417. 



