ANNOTATED LIST. 



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rivers, but uncommon along the coast except on migration, and 

 when the Bay is frozen over. 

 (November 15) to April 20. 



(49) 153. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). BUFFLE-HEAD. 

 Butter Ball. Buffle-head Duck. Dipper. A not uncommon, 

 and regular migrant along tlie coast and in Narragansett Bay. 

 Mr. O. Durfee writes that it is " a regular migrant in the Little 

 Compton Ponds." 



October 13 to November 4. (April). 



(50) 154. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). OLD-SQUAW. Long- 

 tailed Duck. South-southerly. An abundant winter resident 

 along the coast. Lawton calls it " our most common sea duck," * 

 which it is not, compared with White-winged or Surf Scoter. 



November 7 to May 4. 



(51) 155. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). HARLE- 

 QUIN DUCK. Harlequin. A rare winter visitant. Southwick 

 includes it in his list as having been taken at Newport. ' 2 Lieut. 

 Wirt Robinson writes that he saw " several on January 29, 1895, 

 below Dutch Island toward Narragansett Pier." Mr. Newton 

 Dexter took three at Sakonnet Point, and a young male in nearly 

 adult plumage was shot at Narragansett Pier on December 28, 

 1893, now in Rhode Island College collection at Kingston. 



December 29 to January 29. 



(52) 1 60. Somateria dressed Sharpe. AMERICAN EIDER. 

 Wamp. Eider Duck. A common winter resident and migrant 



along the coast. It is rarely seen in Narragansett Bay. Mr. 

 Newton Dexter writes that "four specimens, a female and three 

 young in first plumage were taken in Moswansicut Pond, Scit- 

 uate."* 



(53) 162. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). KING EIDER. 



1 Lawton's List, p. 16. 



2 Southwick's List, p. n. 



*F. & S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 228. 



