10 THE BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY. 



142. Spatula clypeata (I/inn.), Shoveller. An 

 accidental visitant; the specimen in the Museum in Spring- 

 field was captured by WiUiam C. Pease, in Longmeadow. It 

 has been taken once or twice near Northampton. (Se? Birds 

 in Amherst, page 46. ) 



143. Dafila acuta (I/inn.). Pintail. A common 

 autumn visitant but rare in spring. This is the second migrant 

 of the ducks to appear in the autumn, coming about two weeks 

 later than the Blue-winged Teal; I have taken it here as early 

 as the seventeenth of September. For a few weeks in 1891 it 

 was abundant on the river. 



144. Aix sponsa (I/inn.)- Wood Dtjck. Common 

 summer resident; until within a few years, one or two pairs 

 bred regularly in Forest Park. 



146. Aythya americana (iEyt.)- Red-head. Rare 

 autumn visitor and probably here occasionally in the spring. 

 I "have seen them on the river in large flocks, but that is 

 unusual. 



148. Aythya marila (I<inn.). American Scaup Duck. 

 Uncommon autumn visitor; I have never known of their being 

 here in any great numbers. 



149. Aythya affinis CEiyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck. 

 Rare spring and common autumn visitor, arriving here about 

 the middle of October. There are plenty of pond snails 

 Lim.7icea Megastoma here, which appear to be their favorite food, 

 and when the Connecticut river is not high and roily they can 

 obtain all they want without much exertion. I have seen five 

 hundred of them on the river at once; they would make us 

 long visits but for the practice of shooters of chasing them with 

 boats, which very soon results in their being driven from this 

 vicinity. The late Dr. Wood of East Windsor Hill has taken 

 them there in the spring, but they are rare at that season. 



150. Aythya coUaris (Donov.)' Ring-necked Duck. 

 A rare autumn visitor. 



