34 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 
April 10, 1885,’ Mr. Edward Sturtevant has taken them at Cor-. 
morant Rock, on the following dates, November 4, 1898, March 
to and April 24, 1899. Lt. Robinson writes that he observed 
this species frequently between 1888 and 1890 at Newport, and 
gives many dates of birds observed and taken between Septem- 
ber 29 and June 3. Undoubtedly the small colony of about fifty 
to seventy-five birds that winter regularly about Cormorant Rock 
are /. carbo, no specimens of P. di/ophus having ever been taken 
during the mid-winter months. 
(See Cormorant Rock). 
September 29 to June 3. 
(30) 120. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Swain.). Dovus.e- 
CRESTED CORMORANT. Shag. “ Zaunton Turkey.” ‘ Taunton 
Shag.’— A common fall and spring migrant. ‘This species 
migrates like the preceding up and down the Sakonnet and Middle 
passages of Narragansett Bay to the Taunton and other rivers 
where they spend the days feeding. Mr. Newton Dexter writes 
that they sometimes migrate overland. (See Migration). A 
single bird, probably of this species rather than the preceding, 
was seen by Mr. Sturtevant flying east on August 9, 1899, over 
Brenton’s Reef. 
September 16 to November. April 22 to May 16. 
(31) 129. Merganser americanus (Cass.). AMERICAN 
MERGANSER. Goosander. Buff-breasted Merganser.— An un-— 
common winter visitant, principally to the rivers and inland 
ponds. Col. J. H. Powell writes that he has taken only two near 
Newport, but that they are common in the Taunton River. 
(November) to (March). 
(32) 130. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTED 
MERGANSER. Sheldrake. Common Sheldrake. — A common win- 
ter resident along the coast, and in Narragansett Bay, often 
abundant outside on migrations. The birds are generally found 
near the rocky shores and cliffs, upon which they are often 
1 Ran. Notes, Vol. II, No. 3, page 23. 
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