SEA FOWL IN NOVA SCOTIA — GILPIN. 



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Scotia. Nomenclature of Dr. Coues, 



Key. North American 



Birds : — 









Branta 



leucopsis, 





Barnacle goose. 



Branta 



bernicla 





Brant. 



Branta 



canadensis, 





Wild goose. 



Anas 



boschas, 





Mallard. 



Anas 



obscura, 





Black duck. 



Dafila 



acuta, 





Pin tail. 



Mareca 



americana, 





Widgeon. 



Querquedula 



netion, 





English teal. 



Querquedula 



carolinensis, 





Green-winged teal. 



Querquedula 



discors, 





Blue-winged teal. 



Spatula 



clypeata, 





Shoveller. 



Aix 



sponsa, 





Wood duck. 



Fuligula 



marila, 





Scaup. 



Fuligula 



affinis, 





Little Scaup. 



Fuligula 



collaris, 





Ring-neck duck. 



Fuligula 



valisneria, 





Canvas back. 



Buchephala 



clangula, 





Golden-eye. 



Buchephala 



islandica, 





Barrow's Golden-eye. 



Buchephala 



albeola, 





Buffle-head. 



Harelda 



glacialis, 





Old wife. 



Camtolaemus 



labradorius, 





Pied duck. 



Histrionicus 



torquatus. 





Harlequin. 



Somateria 



mollissima, 





Eider. 



Somateria 



spectabilis, 





King Eider. 



Oedemia 



americana, 





Scoter. 



Oedemia 



fusca, 





White-wing. 



Oedemia 



perspiliata, 





Surf duck. 



Of this list of fourteen erenera 



and t 



wenty-seven species we 



find that nine genera, with the exception of the genus Aix, and 



one species obscura 



of the genus 



i Anas 



, are more or less rare. 



Appearing in some years tolerably numerous and then for years 



not seen. I have never seen mysi 



slf or heard from others of any 



Swans being seen in 



l our Province. Of 



Geese, I had sent me 



from Sable Island, 



in the year 



1870, 



an immature specimen 



which I put down 



to Leucopsis, 



especially from the dark line 



