Annotated List of Species C I 



by their comparative size and by the color of their feet and tarsi, 

 these latter being, in the larger birds, vermilion and in the small- 

 er, greenish-orange. The light edgings of the secondaries seems 

 also to be a character of the larger bird. The habits of the two 

 differ, in that the large duck appears to have its breeding grounds 

 in the north, while in Massachusetts the smaller form only, is 

 known to breed. The larger birds are confined more to the coast, 

 in their migrations which appear to be later in the autumn and 

 earlier in the spring, than in the case of the smaller bird ; they 

 migrate rarely south of Chesapeake Bay. The following dates and 

 local annotations apply to the species as a whole without regard to 

 the distinctions above mentioned. 



August 1 6 to April 6 ; Summer. 



Amherst: " Formerly very abundant but now rare." Berkshire: "Tol- 

 erably common summer resident. More common during the spring and 

 autumn." Bristol County: "Permanent resident, uncommon summer 

 resident, and very common winter resident." Brookline : Casual. Cam- 

 bridge : Very common transient visitant ; a few breed. Cohasset : 

 " Abundant in spring, common in fall and winter. A few breed." Ded- 

 ham : " Common on the migrations." Essex County : "Winter. Abun- 

 dant." Ipswich: " Abundant winter visitant." Nantucket: "Common." 

 Springfield: "Abundant in spring, and autumn." A few winter and 

 "a few breed." Tenipleton : " Common summer resident." Wellesley : 

 " Common migrant, scarce summer resident." 



123. Chaulelasmus streperus Linn. Gadwall. 



A very rare or accidental visitant, though generally considered 

 not very uncommon. There are two specimens in the Museum at 

 Springfield, taken there many years ago, which Mr. Robert O. 

 Morris assures us in litteris are of this species. 



124. Mareca penelope Linn. European Widgeon. 

 Accidental. There is but one definite record, though, according 



to E. A. Samuels, one has been taken in the State ; ^ near Hali- 

 fax, an adult male taken on Monponsett Pond, on October 20, 1899, 

 by a Mr. Shindler.^ 



1 Samuels teste). A. Allen; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 1 

 ^Brewster ; Auk, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Apr., 1901, p. 135. 



