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Bacepbala clangnla. Gtolden-eyed Duck; Whistler, i., 36, 404— Found 



oS the coasts of New England in winter — F. B. ii., 11, 167 — Not 

 common at Elkhom, Wis., April 15, 1874. iii., 18, 277— An Albino 

 Specimen noted by Ruthven Deane. iii., 22, 341 — Abundant in New- 

 foundland, where it is called Pie Duck ; builds in holes, in trees, and 

 stays in the faU till frozen out — M. Harvey, iv., 5, 74r— A few shot 

 near Greenport, L. I., about March 6, 1875 — Isaac McLellan. iv., 18, 

 285 — A few seen at Elkhom, Wis., between April 10 and 20 — "Green- 

 head." v., 16, 352 — Common at Salem, Mass., November 21, 1875 — 

 "Teal"(R. L. Newcomb). v., 18, 284^Abundaiit at Blacksburg, 

 Va., November 21, 1875. v., 19, 299^-A few stiU remaia at Salem, 

 Mass., Dec. 13, 1875— "Teal" (R. L. Newcomb). vi., 3, 18— Found 

 ^ during the migrations near Rochester, N. Y. — " Agate. " vi. , 10, 148 — A 

 flock has remamed all winter at Minneapolis, Minn. — Thos. S. Roberts, 

 vi., 26, 417— Large flock at Salem, Mass., March 39, 1876— R. L. New- 

 comb. vii., 6, 84r— A winter resident in Central N. Y,; common in 

 the spring — H. G. Fowler, vii., 8, 116 — Very common in Connecti- 

 cut during the migrations — Robt. T. Morris, vii., 11, 164 — Common 

 during the migrations at Ami Arbor, Mich. — A,.B. Covert, vii., 14, 

 213 — Called "Whistler" by. the gunners in Plymouth Bay, Mass — F. 

 C. Browne, vii., 18, 276— Called "Whistler" or "Golden-eye" by 

 the gunners on the Connecticut coast — Robert T. Morris, vii., 25, 

 389 — Taken in Southeastern Wyoming, April 17, 1875, on the Laramie 

 River — ^A. G. Brackett. viii., 17, 261 — Arrive on the Coteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota, April 15 ; pass north to breed, and return October 1, 

 and remain until October 30 — Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 33, 380 — 

 Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 7, 136— Shot 

 at Ipswich, Mass., about March 12, 1879 — R. L. N.(ewcomb). xii., 12, 

 233— Common at Salem, Mass., April 19, 1879— R. L. Newcomb. 

 xii., 30, 385 — ^A specimen taken at Lake Como, Wyoming, September 

 30, but not preserved (it might possibly have iDeen B. islandica,) — ^M. 

 GrinneU. xii., 30, 385 — ^Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., between Novem- 

 ber 1 and 10, 1852— P. C. Browne. 



Bucephala islandica. Barrow's Golden-eye. vii., 34, 875 — In "Answers 

 to Correspondents" the Editors state that they winter on the Massachu- 

 setts coast and northward, viii., 17,361 — Is found on the Coteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota, folf a few days in April in considerable numbers — 

 Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 23, 380 — Common on St. Clair Flats and 

 SarniaBay*, Mich., inwinter—" Archer" (G. A. StockweU). 



Bnff-breasted Sandpiper. See Tryngites rvfescma. 



Baffle-headed Duck. See BucepT]ala albeola. 



Bull. Local name for Sguatarola helvetica. — On the New Jersey coast. 



BnUock'S Oriole. See Icterus bullocM. 



Bumblebee. Local name of Ereunetes pusiUus and Tringa minuUUa — On 

 the New Jersey coast. 



Bunting. Black-throated, See EiLspiza americana. 



Bnnting. Chestnnt-coUared Lark, See PlectropTumes ornatus. 



Bunting. Cow, See Molothrus pecoris. 



Bunting. Henslow's, See Ooturniculus henshwi. 



Bunting. Llark, See Galamoapka bicolor. 



Bunting. Le Conte's, See Cotwrmmtlus lecontei. 



Bunting. McCown's Lark, See PUctrophanes maccovmi. 



Bunting. Painted Lark, See Pleetrophanes picius. 



Bunting. Snow, See Plectrophanes nivalis. 



Bunting. Towhee, See Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 



Bnphagus antarcticns. v., 2, 20— Found by Dr. J. H. Kidder on Ker- 

 guelen Island— Elliott Coues. 



