Cambridge, Mass.
1909.
Nov. 7 [November 7, 1909]
(No 2)
 that it was largely white or whitish with brown and
blackish markings the precise position & arrangement of
which were not obvious even through our powerful field
glasses. But when at length it raised its head and
neck and began swimming I saw at once and
unmistakeably that it was an Old Squaw, an
adult female, I thought. This I had suspected from
the first although Henshaw was of the opinion that
the bird was a Buffle-head until he saw its head
and neck displayed, when he fully agreed with
my determination. Mr. Baker, who saw it in
the pond an hour or two later and called to tell
me about it in the afternoon, had also concluded
that it must be a female Old Squaw. There are, I
think no other very recent records of the occurrence of
this species in Fresh Pond.