416 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



144 (162). Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus). King eider. 



" A mounted specimen of an adult male, taken on Cayuga lake, 

 is now in the barroom of the Cornell House at Trumansburg, N. Y." 

 (L. A. Fuertes). On November 3, 1908, at Cayuga four individuals, 

 three females and an immature, were shot from a flock of twenty. 



145 (163). Oidemia americana Swainson. Scoter. 



Common transient and uncommon winter resident. The earliest 

 fall record is a specimen shot October 13, 1885. 



146 (165). Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte. White-winged scoter. 

 Common winter resident from October 3 to May i. 



147 (166). Oidemia perspicillata (Linnaeus). Surf scoter. 

 Uncommon. We have no spring records of this species. The 



earliest date upon which it has been recorded in the fall is that of a 

 specimen shot by L. A. Fuertes, October 13, 1906. 



148 (167). Erismatura jamaicensis (Gmelin). Ruddy duck. 

 Common transient in the fall from October i to November i. 



It is occasionally taken in the spring but much less common at this 

 season. 



149 (169a). Chen hyperborea nivalis (Forster). Greater snow 

 goose. 



Two young were killed near Ithaca during the last of March, 

 1876.2^ 



150 ( 1 69.1). Chen caerulescens (Linnaeus). Blue goose. 



Two specimens, male and female, were killed a few years ago on 

 Cayuga Lake by Foster Parker. They are now in the New York 

 State Museum. 



151 (172). Branta canadensis (Linnasus). Canada goose. 

 Common transient and an occasional winter resident. They are 



common in the spring from March 10 to May 7. In the fall this 

 species begins to arrive from the north about October i and is pres- 

 ent until December i. The latest record of what appeared to be 

 migrating flocks is December 9, 1907. 



^ Forest and Stream, Vol. 7, p. 2S3. 



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