No. 81.] BIRD NAMES. HI 



SCOOT. At Cohasset, Mass., and Newberne, N. C., SLEEPY-HEAD; 

 in New Jersey at Pleasantville (Atlantic Co.), SLEEPY-DUCK; at 

 Pleasantville, Atlantic City, and Somers Point, SLEEPY COOT; 

 at Crisfield, Md., SLEEPY BROTHER. 



In the vicinity of Detroit, and at Vienna Marsh, north of 

 Toledo, the book-name " Buddy " has taken quite a hold even 

 among the market-gunners (the example of city sportsmen of 

 course). It is always a surprise to meet one of these authorized 

 names in actual service, particularly one like this, descriptive of 

 a state of plumage that the gunners are least familiar with. 

 Others at Detroit, and the "punters" of St. Clair Flats, refer 

 to the species still as FOOL-DUCK, DEAF-DUCK, and SHOT-POUCH 

 (the latter — considering the bird's ability to carry away shot — 

 being far from inappropriate). Commonly known at Chicago, 

 and in the Putnam Co. portion of the Illinois Kiver, and by 

 some at Norfolk, Va., as BULL-NECK (see Nos. 15, 17) ; less com- 

 monly at Chicago, and more facetiously as STUB-AND-TWIST. 



Since finishing the list of names heard by myself in more 

 northern localities, Mr. Henry. P. Ives, of Salem, Mass., a gentle- 

 man who is well acquainted with this species, tells me of hearing 

 it commonly called the DAUB-DUCK at Eangely Lake, Me. 



In the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass., GOOSE WIDGEON; at 

 "West Barnstable, same state, WIDGEON COOT, or WIDGEON sim- 

 ply (see our Widgeon of the books, No. 8 ; also Nos. 9, 12, 13, 

 11). In Massachusetts at Falmouth and Martha's Vineyard, in 

 Connecticut at Stonington, East Haddam, mouth of Connecticut 

 Kiver, Wilmington, N. C, and Savannah, Ga., HARD-HEAD ; to 

 some at Martha's Vineyard, TOUGH-HEAD. At Newport, K. I., 

 Stratford, Conn., very generally on Long Island, and at Norfolk, 

 Va., BOOBY (see note preceding No. 28) ; and sometimes on the 

 south side of Long Island, BOOBY COOT. 



"Looby" has also been recorded as a name for this species 

 (Zoology of New York, 1844, and elsewhere). I am inclined to 

 believe, however, that it originated in the index of Giraud's 

 Birds of Long Island, and is a misprint for Booby. If a mis- 

 take, it was a happy one, the two terms being synonymous. 



At Eed Bank (Monmouth Co.), N. J., SALT-WATER TEAL, 



