SCIENTIFIC LISTS 313 



Buffle Head ; Butter Ball. Charitonetta albcola 

 (Linn.). Common spring and fall ; breeds. 



Harlequin Duck. Histrionieus histrionicus (Linn.). 

 Islands ; fall and winter. 



Longtail ; Old Squaw. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). 

 Abundant. 



Labrador Duck. Camptolaimus labradorius (Gmel.). 

 Grand Manan ; very rare, none of late. 



American Eider Duck. So materia dresseri Sharpc. 

 Dresser. Abundant in winter. 



King Eider. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.) . Not rare 

 in winter. 



American Scoter. Oidemia americana Swai?is. Com- 

 mon. 



White-winged Scoter. Oidemia deglandi (Donap.). 

 Common. 



Surf Duck. Oidemia perspicillata (Linn.). Common. 



Ruddy Duck. Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.) . Not 

 rare ; breeds. 



American Sheldrake. Merganser amerieanus (Cass.). 

 Not rare ; breeds. 



Red-breasted Sheldrake . Merganser serrator (Linn . ) . 

 Not rare. 



Hooded Sheldrake. Lophodytes cucullatus (Lin?i.). 

 Not rare ; breeds. 



American White Pelican. Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 

 Gmel. Accidental ; one seen in Calais. 



Common Cormorant. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linn.). 

 Not abundant. 



Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax dilophus 

 (Swain.). Common in migrations. 



Gannet. Sula bassana (Lin n. ) . Common down the bay. 



