42 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident coastwise. 

 April; Oct. 13-Dec. 7 (winter). 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and winter resident. Nov.-April 

 15. 



79. Harelda hyemalis (Linne) L. Brehm. 



Old squaw; Long-tailed duck; Old injun; Old wife; Scolde- 

 nore; Scolder; South-southerly. 



Anas hyemalis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 126. "in 

 EuROPA & America arctica." 

 V Fuligula glacialis (Linne). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 



vol. 6, p. 379, pi. 410. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 50, pi. 15, fig. 3. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and winter resident coastwise; a few 

 non-breeding birds summer. Late Nov.-May 21 (summer). 



N. H. — Common migrant and winter resident, chiefly coastwise. 



Vt. — Rare migrant to Lake Champlain and Connecticut Valley. 

 Oct. 24. 



Mass. — Common migrant and winter resident, mainly coastwise. 

 Oct. 10-May 22 (June 17). 



R. I. — Common migrant and winter resident. Nov. 7-May 4. 



Conn. — Common migrant and winter resident coastwise. 

 Oct .-May. 



80. HisTRiONicus HiSTRiONicus (Linne) Boucard. 



Harlequin duck; Lord-and-lady; Sea mouse. 



Anas histrionica Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 127. 

 "America." 



Fuligula histrionica (Linne). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 374, pi. 409. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 49, pi. 15, fig. 1. 



Fresh and salt water; nests on the ground or in hollow trees. 



