160 BIRDS OF THE GEAXD PRfi REGIOX. TUFTS. 



132. Anas platyrhynchos Linn. Mallard. — Rare fall visitor 



Two records only. A hne drake taken on the 

 Grand Pre, Oct. 19C0, by D. R. Munro,of Wolfville, 

 and a specimen in female or immature plumage 

 by H. A. Ford, now of Calgar}-, Alta., also on the 

 Grand Pre, in Oct. 1903. 



133. Anas rubripes Brewst. Black Duck; Blue- winged 



Duck. — Abundant permanent resident. These birds 

 frequent the salt marshes about the estuaries 

 of the Alinas Basin from September to April. 

 With the advent of sp'ing and the breeding 

 instinci, thej^ leave for the inland fresh-water 

 lakes and rivers. Some remain to breed in 

 the fresh-water sloughs, pond-holes and ditches 

 of the Grand Pre. Late in November and 

 all through December when the ice has driven 

 the inland breeding ducks to the cbast, flocks of 

 thousands may be seen any da}^, feeding on the 

 salt marsh — known locally as "The Flats" — at 

 the mouth of the Cornwallis River. During Janu- 

 ary and February fully ninety per cent, of these 

 birds leave for more southerly feeding grounds. 



137. Mareca aviericana (Gmel.). Baldpate. — Rare fall 

 migrant. One specimen taken bj' my brother. 

 H. F. Tufts, on the Grand Pre, in October, 1896. 



139. Nettion carolinense (Gmel.). Green-winged Teal. — 



Fall migrant, not so common as formerly. Two 

 records for winter. A male taken by H. F. Tufts> 

 Jan. 11, 1898, and two specimens seen at mouth 

 of Gaspereau, Jan. 3, 1916. 



140. Querquedula discors (Linn.). Blue-winged Teal. — 



Rare fall migrant. One record only, — a specimen 

 in immature plumage, taken by my brother, Sept. 

 27, 1898. 



