270 Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut. 



*249. Falligula spectabilis, Bona., King Duck, Stratford. 

 250. F. perspicillata, Bona., Surf Duck, Box Coot, Stratford. 

 *251. F. nigra, Bona., Scoter Duck, Stratford. 



252. F. fusca, Bona., White-winged Coot, Velvet Duck, Strat- 

 ford. 



253. F. Americana, Swainson, Amer. Scoter Duck, Stratford. 



254. Fuligula rubida, Bonaparte, Ruddy Duck, Stratford. 



255. F. Labradora, Bonaparte, Pied Duck, Stratford. 



*256. F. Valisneria, Stephens, Canvass-back Duck, Stratford. 



257. F. ferina, Stephens, Red-headed Duck, Stratford. 



258. F. clangula, Bonaparte, Golden-eyed Duck, Stratford. 



259. F. marilla, Stephens, Broadbill, Bluebill Duck, Strat- 

 ford. 



260. F. rufitorsque, Bonaparte, Ring-necked Duck, Stratford. 



261. F. albeola, Bonaparte, Buffel-headed Duck, Stratford. 



262. F. glacialis, Bonaparte, Long-tailed Duck, Old Wife, 

 Stratford. 



*263. F. histrionica, Bonaparte, Harlequin Duck, ? 



Family Mergidce. 



*264. Mergus Merganser, Linn., Goosander, Stratford. 

 *265. M. cuculatus, Linn., Hooded Merganser, Stratford. 

 *266. M. serrator, Linn., Red-breasted Merganser, Stratford. 



Family Pelicanidce. 

 267. Phalacrocorax carbo, Dumont, Cormorant, Stonington. 



*249. I have obtained here this season two specimens of the king duck, said 

 never to have been seen here before. They are among the best for the table. 



*251. The ducks answering to Bonaparte's F. nigra, which I find here, I im- 

 agine will be found to be the young, or a mere variety of the perspicillata. Sev- 

 eral of these species exhibit great variety of plumage at different ages. One pass- 

 ed the last winter here, said to be pure white, and he escaped the effects of shot 

 enough to have killed a score. 



*256. One or two individuals of the canvass-back duck were shot here by Mr. 

 L. Curtis, two years since. 



*263. The harlequin duck is said by Nuttall, to be an accidental visitor as far 

 south as the middle states; but not found here, to my knowledge. 



*264. A fine specimen of the goosander was taken here alive a few days since, 

 which I have in my cabinet, and three others have been recently shot, one of 

 which I have. 



*265. I have also two specimens of the rare hooded merganser, of one or two 

 years old, which were shot here in a fresh-water pond. 



*266. The red-breasted merganser is not uncommon here. I have had three or 

 four specimens. It is improperly called the shell drake, by gunners in this state. 



