ANNOTATED LIST. 



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rivers, but uncommon along the coast except on migration, and 

 when the Bay is frozen over. 

 (November 15) to April 20. 



(49) ^53- Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). Buffle-head. 

 Butter Ball. Buffle-head Duck. Dipper. — A not uricommon, 

 and regular migrant along the coast and in Narragansett Bay. 

 Mr. O. Durfee writes that it is " a regular migrant in the Little 

 Compton Ponds." 



October 13 to November 4. (April). 



(50) 154. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). Old-squaw. Lorig- 

 tailed Duck. South- southerly. — An abundant winter resident 

 along the coast. Lawton calls it " our most common sea duck," ^ 

 which it is not, compared with White-winged or Surf Scoter. 



November 7 to May 4. 



(51) 155. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). Harle- 

 quin Duck. Harlequin. — A rare winter visitant. Southwick 

 includes it in his list as having been taken at Newport. ^ Lieut. 

 Wirt Robinson writes that he saw " several on January 29, 1895, 

 below Dutch Island toward Narragansett Pier." Mr. Newton 

 Dexter took three at Sakonnet Point, and a young male in nearly 

 adult plumage was shot at Narragansett Pier on December 28, 

 1893, now in Rhode Island College collection at Kingston. 



December 29 to January 29. 



(52) 160. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 

 Wamp. Eider Duck. — A common winter resident and migrant 



along the coast. It is rarely seen in Narragansett Bay. Mr. 

 Newton Dexter writes that "four specimens, a female and three 

 young in first plumage were taken in Moswansicut Pond, Scit- 

 uate." * 



(53) 162. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.). King Eider. 



' Lawton's List, p. 1 6. 



^Southwick's List, p. 11. 



*F. & S., Vol. XXIV, No. 12, p. 228. 



