36 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [BuU. 



19, 1907, one shot (E. S. W.) ; one killed in the vicinity of East 

 Windsor Hill by Dr. Wm. Wood (no date given) .^ 



Marila coUaris (Donovan). Ring-necked Duck. 



A rare accidental winter visitor. 



Connecticut records. Merriam^ records that Linsley took it 

 at Stratford, and also that " G. B. Grinnell has secured several 

 specimens in the vicinity of Milford " ; April 10, 1883, East Hart- 

 ford, adult male shot (W. E. T.) ; Dec. 19, 1885, New Haven, 

 adult male secured by C. R. Hooker (formerly in coll. of L. C. 

 S.) ; Oct. 26, 1887, Little River Marshes, Middletown, female shot 

 by Dr. A. K. Fisher in company with J. H. S. (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; 

 Oct. 3, 1889, East Hartford, female shot (W. E. T.) ; April 9, 

 1895, Quinnipiac Marshes, New Haven, adult male taken by 

 R. G. Van Name (in coll. of H. W. F.) ; Jan. 7, 1898, Lake 

 Saltonstall, young male taken by A. J. G. (in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Clangula clangula americana Bonaparte. Golden-eye. 



A tolerably common winter resident, especially along the 

 coast, from December to March. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Nov. 19, 1904, Nov. 17, 1905 

 (E. S. W.); Portland, Oct. 29, 1898; Litchfield, Oct. 30, 1905 

 (E. S. W.). 



Latest record. New Haven, March 30, 1882, April 12, 1907 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 20, 1888. 



Clangula islandica (Gmelin). Barrow's Golden-eye. 



The only records for this state are: (i) that of A. J. G., 

 who is well acquainted with the American Golden-eye, and who 

 is positive that he took two males of this species at Lake Salton- 

 stall, East Haven, Dec. 25, 1883 (unfortunately these birds were 

 not preserved) ; (2), a typical male adult specimen in the col- 

 lection of J. H. S., which was purchased by him in the flesh, 

 Nov. 14, 1867, from a man who said it was killed in the Sound, 

 and whose statement there seems to be no reason for doubting.'' 



Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus). Buffle-head. 



Formerly an abundant winter resident on the Sound and tidal 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 125- 

 "Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 126. 



