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151. Clangula clangula americana Bonap. Ameri- 

 can Golden-eye. Abundant spring and autumn visitor and 

 occasionally here during open winters. 



153. Charitonetta albeola (I/inn.). Bufple-head. 

 Not uncommon in early spring and late autumn. Once in 

 September I found a flock of ten or a dozen on the river, near 

 Springfield, that were evidently young; they permitted a boat 

 to be rowed within easy shooting distance, and after being fired 

 at once, when several were killed, they only flew a short dis- 

 tance and then waited until the boat again approached, when 

 a number more were shot. 



154. Hareldahy emails (I/inn.). Old Squaw. Rather 

 rare spring and autumn visitor. I have seen small flocks here. 



165. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White- Winged 

 Scoter. Rare ; Dr. William Wood captured two at East 

 Windsor Hill. (See Dr. J. A. Allen's Catalogue of the Birds 

 of Springfield. ) 



166. Oidemia perspicillata (I/inn.). Surf Scoter. 

 October 23, 1886, I captured one on the river in Longmeadow, 

 which is the only occasion that I have known an individual of 

 this kind to visit us; but my impression is that this species, as 

 well as all the other sea ducks so common on I^ong Island 

 Sound, are occasionally represented here. 



167. Brismatura jamaicensis (Gmel.). Ruddy 

 Duck. During the autumn of 1885, this duck was common 

 on the waters in the vicinity of Springfield, but with the ex- 

 ception of this season, it has been during the past t;9renty years 

 a rare spring and fall visitor. 



169. («) Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forst.). Greater 

 Snow Goose. Rare or accidental visitor; one was wounded 

 an^i captured near Springfield a number of years ago, and 

 turned loose with a flock of domestic geese in South wick, with 



