BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRI^: REGION. — TUFTS. 161 



143. Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. — Uncommon fall mi- 

 grant. A few specimens, which I have seen in the 

 flesh, have been taken by local gunners during the 

 period covered by these notes, 



149. Marila affinis (Eyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck. — Rare 

 fall migrant. Two specimens taken by H. F. Tufts 

 on the Grand Pre dykes, one in the fall of 1896, 

 and the other on Oct. 14, 1902. 



153. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). Bufflehead. — Rare fall 



migrant. One specimen shot by my brother on 

 Minas Basin in October 1896, after a heavy storm. 



154. Harilda hyemalis (Linn.). Old Squaw; "Pine Knot;" 



"Cockawee." — Common along the coast of the Baj' 

 of Fundy. Occasionally observed in small flocks 

 in the late fall in Minas Basin. 



160. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. — Rare 

 fall visitant. In November, about 1898, a large 

 flock of Eiders was regularly seen on "The Flats" 

 at the mouth of the Cornwallis Hiver. Xov. 1st to 

 10th, 1903, a flock of fifty or more was regularly 

 observed in the same vicinity. 



163. Oidemia americana Swains. American Scoter; "Coot."' 

 — Uncommon and irregular. Sometimes a large 

 flock is seen in Minas Basin in the fall after a heavy 

 storm. 



165. Oidemia deglandi Eonap. White- winged Scoter. — 

 Much more common than the preceding species. 

 Seen from Aj ril to November in Minas Basin. 

 Some years ago, when the shad fishing industry 

 flourished, the.se birds, during the moulting .season, 

 would become stranded on the mud-flats behind the 

 the seines, and being unable to fly were easily cap- 

 ture d. 



