DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 17 



At Tuckerton about 275 gunners attended a meeting called 

 by the Commission and testified. The unanimous opinion was 

 that there are less Ducks than there were ten years ago, but 

 that they had increased during the past two years. 



Mr. H. Walter Sapp, sixty-five years of age and a life-long 

 resident of Tuckerton, made the following statement regarding 

 the abundance of the various species: 



Shelldrake (Mergus serrator). Very common but late in the 

 spring season. 



Mallard {Anas platyrhinchos). Not very many. 



Black Duck (Anas rubripes'). Very common. 



Baldpate (Mareca americana). Not plentiful. 



Green- winged Teal (Neition carolin&nse) . Very few. 



Blue-winged Teal (Querquedula discors). Very scarce. 



Pintail {Dafila acuta). Fairly common in spring and fall. 



Wood Duck {Aix sponsa). A few breed. 



Redhead (Marila americana). Quite plentiful. 



Canvasback {Marila valisineria). Rare. 



Big Broadbill or Scaup (Marila marila) . Most common duck. 



Little Broadbill (Marila affinis). More of them in spring 

 than fall. 



Whistler (Clangula clangula americana). Fairly common to 

 quite plentiful. 



Bufflehead ( Charitonetta albeola) . Quite a good many. 



Old Squaw (Harelda hyemalis). Not very plentiful; used to 

 be abundant; no reason known for decrease. 



King Eider (Somateria spectabilis). Very seldom seen. 



Coots (Oidemia americana, deglandi and pergpicillata). About 

 equal in numbers, fairly common, mostly outside the surf. 



Ruddy Duck (Erdsmatura jamaicenis). Not common. 



Snow Goose (Chen hyperborea nivalis). Rare. 



Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Very common; stay all 

 winter. 



Brant (Branta bernicla glaucogastra). Very common; stay all 

 winter. 



Swan (Olor columbianus). Very rare. 



Mr. W. W. Justice, Jr. , who has had considerable experience 



