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al inland, as at Webster where Mr. C. F. Goodhue has obtained 

 it. 

 Dates : March and April ; October and November. 



43. Harelda liyenialis (l^inn.). OivD-souaw. 



A common spring and fall migrant and winter resident along 

 the coast, and occasional also inland. In the Connecticut val- 

 ley, this duck appears to be of not infrequent occurrence in mi- 

 grations. Mr. W. M. Buswell includes it in a list of birds seen 

 about Charlestown, probably on the strength of two specimens, 

 a male and a female, taken in Marlow, an adjoining town, on 

 April 24, 1883, and now in the collection of the Acworth Public 

 I^ibrary. Mr. G. H. Thayer also writes me that it is an irreg- 

 ular fall visitant to Dublin Pond, sometimes occurring in large 

 flocks. Mr. R. H. Howe, junior, (:o2) also instances two 

 birds obtained at Windsor, Vt., farther up the Connecticut. Mr. 

 C. F. Goodhue writes of two taken late in November, about 

 1 89 1, on the Winnipesaukee River, between Franklin Falls and 

 Tilton. Mrs. Celia Thaxter ('70) states that the fishermen at 

 Isles of Shoals call these birds " Scoldenores." 



Dates : October to April 24. 



44. Histrioiiicus liistrioiiiciis (lyinn.). Harlequin 

 Duck. ■ 



A rare visitor to the coast in late fall and early winter. Bel- 

 knap (1792, III, p. 168) mentions it without comment among 

 other New Hampshire birds, and it ma}' have been of more 

 frequent occurrence in his time. Mrs. Celia Thaxter ('70, p. 

 210) also mentions it among the winter sea fowl at the Isles of 

 Shoals. The only definite record, however, is that given by 

 Mr. H. A. Purdie ('73) of a bird taken 2X Hambton, in Novem- 

 ber, 1872. 



45. Soniateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 

 A not uncommon spring and fall migrant and winter resident 



off the coast. This is the bird commonh^ known as "Sea 

 Duck." 



46. Oideima aniericaiia Swains. American Scoter. 

 An uncomrhon spring and fall migrant and winter resident 



