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Bucephala albeola, Baird. Butter Ball or Buffle-Head. Fall and 



winter. Common. 

 Histrionicus torquatus, Bon. Harlequin Duck. Winter. ^ Common. 



A few apparently somewhat disabled individuals breed on the 



islands. 

 Harelda glacialis, Leach. Old Squaw. Fall and winter. Common. 

 Camptolcemus labradorius, Gray. Labrador Duck. Winter. Rare. 

 Melanetta velvetina, Baird. White-winged Coot. Fall and winter. 



Common. 

 Pelionetta perspicillala, Kaup. Surf Duck. Fall and winter. Com- 

 mon. 

 Oidemia americana, Swains. Scoter. Fall and winter. Not very 



common. 

 Somateria moUissima, Leach. Eider Duck. " Sea Duck." Eesident. 



Common. Breeds. 

 Somateria spectdbilis, Leach. King Eider. Winter. Found occa- 

 sionally. 

 Erismatura rubida, Bon. Ruddy Duck. Winter. Rare. 

 Mergus americanuSj Cass. Sheldrake. Resident. Common. Breeds 



in high trees. 

 Mergus serrator, Linn. Red-breasted Sheldrake. Fall and winter. 



Does not breed. 

 Lopliodytes cucullaius, Reich. Hooded Merganser. Very rare. Said 



to breed in trees. 

 Pelecanus erythrorhynchus, Gm. Pelican. Accidental. One or two 



instances. 

 Sula hassana, Briss. Gannet. Resident. Common on fishing ground. 



A few breed at Gannet Rock (near Grand Menan). 

 Graculus carlo, Gray. Cormorant. " Shag." Winter. Common. 

 Graculus dilophus, Gray. Double-crested Cormorant or Shag. Winter. 

 Thalassidroma LeacJiii, Temm. Leach's Petrel. "Mother Gary's 



Chicken." Common on fishing grounds. Breeds on the islands 



in abundance. 

 Thalassidroma Wilsoni, Bon. Wilson's Petrel. Common on fishing 



grounds. 

 Puffinus major, Bon. Greater Shearwater. *' Hagdon " or " Haglin." 



Common on mackerel grounds. Arrives early from the north. 

 Puffinus anglorum, Temm. Mank's Shearwater. "Black Hagdon." 



Summer. Common on mackerel grounds. 

 Puffinus fuliginosus, Strick. Sooty Shearwater. Last of summer 



and autumn on mackerel grounds. Common. Called, like the 



last, " Black Hagdon." 

 Stercorarius pomarinus, Temm, Pomarine Jager. Fall and winter 



Rather common. 



