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which were brought to him from the ''south shore" by travel- 

 ling baymen or peddlers. G. D. Rowley believed that the 

 last specimen of this duck ever captured came from Long Is- 

 land in the fall of 1874. (See J. A. Allen's review of Rowley's 

 paper on "The Pied Duck," Bull. N. 0. C, iii, 1878, p. 79.) 



81. Somateria dresseri. AikiERiCAN Eider. 



Rare winter visitor on the eastern end of Long Island. A 

 specimen taken at INIontauk, March 25, 1894, by Mr. Dutcher 

 is recorded^^by R. P. Whitfield {Auk, xi, 1894, p. 323). 



82. Somateria spectabilis. King Eider. 



Apparently a rare but regular winter visitor. Nov. 13 

 (Amityville) to April 21 (Ditch Plain, Auk, v, 1888, p. 174). 



83. Oidemia americana. A^ierican Scoter. 



Common winter visitor and occasionally seen in summer. 

 Nov. 3 (Amityville) to April 17 (Rockaway); one at Montauk, 

 Sept. 17. They are locally known as the ''Yellow-nosed Coot" 

 and^when immature as the "Booby Duck." 



84. Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. 



Common winter visitor and known as the "Coot." Oct. 15 

 (Rock-'iway) to April 13 (Rockaway). Mr. C. G. Abbott saw 

 a bird of this species, probably previously disabled, at Gardi- 

 ner's Island, July 4, 1903. 



85. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 



Common winter visitor and known as the "Bald-headed 

 Coot" or "Sea Coot." They begin to be common at Mon- 

 tauk by Sept. 1. Oct. 17 (Quogue) to Apr. 13 (Rockaway). 

 Almost every summer one or several, probably because unable 

 from wounds or age to migrate, pass the summer on Long 

 Island. 



86. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. 



Not ordinarily a common winter visitor, occasionally, how- 



