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enough to shoot them, as they keep out beyond 
the surf. Not common. 
Pelionctta Perspicillata—Kaup. 
Surf Duck. 
Common but hard to shoot, on account of its 
keeping out in the surf, where the gunner cannot 
get. Ona stormy day they can be found in the 
inlet. I found a flock tin the Delaware River 
once and killed several at one shot. 
Oidemia Americana —Swains. 
Scoter. 
Rare; not often met with. Found from Bar- 
negat to Cape May, New Jersey. Never killed 
but three specimens. 
Sumaterta dfollissima—Leach. 
Eider Duck. 
Never met with th's bird but on one occasion, 
when I obtained four good full-;lumaged birds at 
Barnegat in New Jersey in the month of Feb- 
ruary. 
Somaterta Spectabilis—Leach. 
King Eider. 
Two specimens of this bird were obtained at 
Ege Harbor, New Jersey, both being males. The 
female bird I obtained at Tackertown. It is 
often found in New York market. 
