BIRDS 
Family AnaTIpaz. 
29. Merganser. Mergus americanus. Winter 
resident and common migrant. 
30. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus  serrator. 
Regular migrant, common. 
31. Hooded Merganser. Lophodytes cucullatus. 
Regular migrant, common. 
32. Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos. Migrant, not 
common. 
33. Black Duck. Anas rubripes. Regular mi- 
grant, common; said to have formerly bred; one 
recent breeding record. 
34. Gadwall. Chaulelasmus streperus. Irregular 
migrant, rare. 
35. Baldpate. Mareca americana. Regular mi- 
grant, not common; reported as abundant in Seton’s 
manuscript list of 1884. 
36. Green-winged Teal. Nettion carolinense. 
Regular migrant; rare, formerly abundant. 
37. Blue-winged Teal. -Querquedula discors. Reg- 
ular migrant, not uncommon; formerly much more 
abundant, probably bred. 
38. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. Migrant, not 
common. 
39. Pintail. Defila acuta. Regular migrant, not 
uncommon. 
40. Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Regular migrant, 
not uncommon. 
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