BIRD KOTES. &3 



Stevens, vi., 15, 233— Noticed at Riverdale, K. T., April 15, 1876— 

 E. P. BickneU. viii., 4, 49— Common in summer at Webster, JM. 

 H.; breeds in swamps— Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 268— Chiefly a 

 spring and autumn migrant at Washington, D. C. — (R. F. Boiseau). 

 viii., 18. 281— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). 

 xii., 6, 106— Common in Nova Scotia— J. Matthew Jones. 



Merganser. See Mergua merganser. 



Merganser. Hooded, See Mevgua oucullatus. 



Merganser. Bed-breasted, See Mergus serrator. 



Mergulus alle. Sea Dove; Little Auk. i., 26, 404 — Sometimes blown 

 on the coast of New England in winter^F. B. ii., 12, 179 — Found in 

 the Bay of Pundy in fall— J. H. Batty, iii., 22, 341— Breed on the 

 north coast of Newfoundland and the islands off same — M.Harvey, 

 vi., 1, 4— A great flight over Great Britian has been chronicled, where 

 they are called " Rotchies ;" also noting the capture of two in Nov. 

 1871, at Middletown, Conn., and later at Middletown, Mass.; common 

 also at Cambridge and Ipswich, Mass. vii , 14, 212 — Called "Pine 

 Knot" by the gumjers in Plymouth Bay, Mass.— P. C. Browne, vii., 

 25, 388 — Taken on the Scaconet River near Newport, R. I. — Thos. J. 

 Farron. viii., 7, 96— Noticed at Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. 

 Browne, ix., 20, 881 — One taken in New Haven, Conn., harbor 

 about Nov. 26, 1877— Editors, x., 8, 37— One taken in a field at Fort 

 Hamilton (L. I.) about Jan. 11, 1878— De Laguel Eerier, x., 3, 37— 

 Very common near Salem, Mass., during the winter of 1877 78 — 

 ' ' Teal " (R. L. Newcomb). x. , 8, 135 — One found on land at Chatham, 

 Mass., in November — "Hunter." x., 13, 235 — One found, on shore 

 near Centre Moriches, L. I., Jan. 10, 1878; they have been quite 

 numerous on the coast this winter (1877-78) — N. T. Lawrence, xii., 

 2,25 — Specimens taken near Philadelphia in Sept., 1878, fully 60 

 miles from the ocean, and utterly exhausted — Spencer Trotter, xii., 

 20, 386— One noticed at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 26, 1852— F. C, 

 Browne. 



Mergus cucnllatns. Hooded Merganser, i., 13, 204 — Abundant in Florida 

 — Editors. i„ 18, 278 — Found at Salem, Mass. — R. L. Newcomb. 

 iii., 22, 340 — Abundant In winter and spring in Eastern, Fla.- -Editors, 

 v., 1, 10 — A strange Duck observed at Blooming Grove Park, Penn., 

 * Aug. 10, 1875, by "Ancora." (From the description probably this 

 species.) v., 2, 20— :Suggesting from the description given above that 

 it Is this species, v., 6, 90 — Breed at Calais, Me., though not as com- 

 mon as formerly — B. v., 17, 260 -Found by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 

 1874 in the Black Hills region— Ernest IngersoU. vi., 18, 284— Found 

 in Nebraska— C. H. Phillips, vi., 19, 301— Noticed one at Meacham 

 Lake, N. Y., April 12, 1876— A. B. Fuller, vii., 6. 84— Not common 

 in Central New York, and only in the spring and fall migrations — H. 

 G. Fowler, vii., 8, 116 — An occasional visitor in Conn. — Robt. T. 

 Morris, vii., 11, 164 — Rarely taken at Ann Arbor, Mich.; have never 

 found it in the markets — A. B. Covert, viii., 10, 146 -Rare in the 

 migrations at Webster, N. H. — Chas. P. Goodhue, viii., 17, 261 — 

 Is found on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, for a week about April 

 10; passes North to breed; returns Oct. 1, and departs South Oct. 31 

 —Chas. E.McChesney. viii., 23, 380— Pound in Michigan— "Archer" 

 (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 11, 216 -Five shot at West Newbury, Mass., 

 April 18, 1879— R. L. N.(ewcomb). 



Mergns merganser. Merganser ; Sheldrake, ii., 22, 341 — ^Pound in Rus- 

 sell Co., Kansas; feed on fish— P. S. B.(enson). iv., 13, 199— They 

 dove about 15 feet, spread out, and actually flew through the water ; 

 they also caught fish while darting around ; observations made at 

 Digby, N. S. — "Jean." v., 12, 187 — A few seen at Salem, Mass.,- 

 Oct. "25, 1875— "Teal" (R. L. Newcomb). v., 12, 187— Abundant 

 at Cohasset, Mass., Oct. 25, 1875— S. K.(neeland), Jr. v., 17» 860— 



