38 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



(45) 148. Aythya marila (Linn.) . American Scaup Duck. 

 Broad-bill. Blue-bill. Greater Scaup. Widgeon. — Not an 

 uncommon migrant and rare winter visitant. Mr. A. C. Bent 

 writes " that they used to be found in large numbers off Bullock's 

 Point, Providence River, in the late fall," and Mr. O. Durfee 

 writes "that at Quicksand Pond, Little Compton, he should call 

 the Blue-bills common migrants, if not winter residents." There 

 is a record, stating that they were very plenty at Newport on 

 October 27, 1880.^ Lawton says " that they are quite abundant 

 during the fall and winter migration," ^ and Mr. Newton Dexter 

 writes that they are common in fall and spring in Narragansett 

 Bay. 



October to (May). 



. (46) 149. Aythya affinis (Eyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck. 

 Blue-billed Shoveller. Creek Broad-bill. Little Black-head Duck. 

 — Not an uncommon transient visitant. Lawton says '^ " that 

 they are quite abundant " at Newport. There is a female in 

 the collection of Brown & Nichol's School, Cambridge, Mass., 

 taken on February 25, 1886, at Newport, by Mr. R. L. Agassiz, 

 and one was taken at Field's Point, February, 1899, by Mr. E. H. 

 Armstrong.* 



(October 15 to November 25) February to (April). 



(47) 150. Aythya collaris (Donpv.). Ring-necked Duck. 

 Bastard Broad-bill. — A very rare visitant. Col. J. H. Powel 

 writes he has taken one, which was sent to the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. Lawton states in his List ''■ 

 "that they are quite abundant in this vicinity (Newport) during 

 the fall and winter migration," but we feel quite sure he must 

 have mistaken the species. 



(48) 151. Clangula clangula americana (Bonap.). 

 American Golden-eye. Whistler. Whistler-wing. Golden- 

 eye. — A common winter resident in Narragansett Bay and tide 



' F. & S., Vol. 15, No. 14, p. 271. 



^Lawton's List, p. 16. 



• O. & O., Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 14. 



