New England
1876.
shot one or two" (on cross examination Mr. J. [Mr. Joyce] appeared
a little mixed on this species and was not so
certain that he had ever seen it; the "gray duck"
of Mass. [Massachusetts] gunners i emphatically & always the
pintail)
Ques. [Question] 5. Have you ever see the ring neck duck. Ans. [Answer]
"Yes but it is very rare. I shot a fine male
in the spring of 1872 and this specimen is the
only one that I can think of at present."
Ques. 6. Do the canvas back and red head ever
occur. Ans. "the former is taken occasionally
in the bay: the latter has never come under
my notice"
Ques 7. Did you ever see the harlequin duck.
Ans. "Yes: three years ago my dog (a trained
"toler") drew in a flock of about twenty.
It was Sunday and I had no gun but
they came in within a few rods and I
had a good view of them: among the
number were several very fine males
(here he gave an accurate description of
the adlt [adult male] plumage) and I think I 
could not have been mistaken"
Ques. 8. Does the little auk occur except
irregularly & at long intervals. Ans. "Yes,
they are common out in the bay
every winter and more or less of
them are killed by the fishermen at
that season."
Mr. Goodale has five very fine [male] Buceph.
Islandica [Bucephala Islandica]. They were sent down in
the flesh from Maine. Chas. G. Brewster
has a Syrnium cinereum shot in N.Y.
state three four miles only from the Mass.
It was killed in Jan of the present
year.