Anxotated List of Species CC 



137. Clangula islandica (Gmel.). Barrow's Golden-eye 

 Duck. 



A very rare winter visitant. The records are : Cape Cod, 

 December 7, 187 1, an adult female ; ' Boston Market, '-numbers 

 of females and two fine males seen,'' most of them shot within 

 State limits during the winter of 1 871— '72;^ Ipswich, there is a 

 male labelled January 27, 1879, in the mounted collection of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, which appears unrecorded ; 

 Plymouth, a male, shot in the autumn, about 1885.- 



138. Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). Buffle-head Duck. 

 An uncommon spring and autumn migrant on the coast, winter- 

 ing rarely. Not uncommon inland. 



(September) October 25 to November 29 ; Winter; March 11 

 to April 8. 



Berkshire: " Rare transient visitant." Bristol County: "Uncommon 

 winter visitant." Cambridge : Common in October and November. 

 Cohasset : '-Xot rare in spring and fall." Dedham : "One taken." 

 Essex County: "October to Mav. Abundant." Nantucket: "Not 

 uncommon." Springfield: "Not uncommon in earlv spring and late 

 autumn." Templeton; One instance. Wellesley : " Not uncommon on 

 ponds in October and November. Casual in spring." 



139. Harelda hiemalis (Linn.). Long-tailed Duck. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant, and winter resident 

 along the coast. Occasional inland. 



October 10 to April 19 (May 7). 



Berkshire :" Rare transient visitant.' Bristol County: "Abundant 

 winter visitor along the coast." Cambridge: Rather common, October 

 and November. Cohasset: "Abundant in fall and winter. Most abun- 

 dant duck." Ips%vich : '"Common off stiore in winter." Nantucket: 

 " Common.' Springfield: " Rather rare spring and autumn visitor.' 



140. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). HARLEi;iurx 

 Duck. 



A rare early winter visitant along the coast. There is one spec- 

 imen in the moimted collection of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoologv' taken at Hudson. Mass.. over twentj- miles inland. 



November 1 to Januarj-. 



1 Brewjter : Amer. Nat.. Vol. VI, No. 5, May, 1S72, pp. 306, 307. 

 ^ Job ; Auk, Vol. XIII. No. 3, July, 1896, p. 202. 



