AxxoTATED List of Species C 7 



Ipswich :" Abundant in winter. October to April." Nantucket :" Com- 

 mon." Springffield ; One instance. Fall. Wellesley : " Casual o» lakes 

 in fall." 



144. Somateria dresseri Sharpe. American Eider. 



A not uncommon spring and autumn migrant and winter resident 

 off the coast.* 



Bristol County : " Common winter visitant along the coast." Cohasset : 

 " Rather common in fall and winter." Nantucket : " Common." 



145. Somateria moUissima borealis C. L. Brehm. North- 

 ern Eider. 



A rare winter visitor to the coast from the north. 

 Last of October to April 3. 



Cohasset: One instance. Essex County: " November to Mav. Abun- 

 dant." [Probably refers to S. dresseri.'\ Nantucket : " Rare." 



146. Somateria spectabilis (Linn.) . King Eider. 

 A very rare winter visitant off the coast. 



November i to April 5. 



Cohasset: "One instance." Essex County: "Winter. Very rare." 

 Nantucket : " Rare." 



147. Nomonyx dominicus (Linn.). Masked Duck. 

 Accidental from the south. One record only : Maiden, a male 



in full plumage was taken August 27, 1889. It was shot on a 

 pond of less than an acre in extent, where it had been for over a 

 week. It is now in the C. B. Cory collection.^ 



148. Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmel). Ruddy Duck. 

 A rather common spring and autumn migrant. Has Ijeen 



known to breed at Cape Cod,^,'and has been taken in the breeding 

 season at Cohasset, Wakefield^ and the Charles River.^ 

 March 20. June and August ; September to December 8. 



* Mackay ; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1890, pp. 315-319. 



' Cory ; Auk, Vol. VI, No. 4, Oct., 1889, p. 336. 



"Deane; Amer. Nat., Vol. VIII, No. 7, July, 1874, pp. 433, 434; Miller; .' ■ k. 

 Vol. VIII, No. I, Jan.,- 1891, pp. 117, 118, and Small; O. & O., Vol. XVI, 

 No. 9, Sept., 1891, p. 135. 



