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FOOD OF BIRDS. 
Family Axatiixe. Geese, Ducks, etc. 
Cyguus buccinnator. Trumpeter Swan. Migrant. Not common. 
Americauus. Whistling Swan. Migrant. Notcommou. 
Anser albilrons, var. Gamhelli. American White-fronted Goose. Migrant. Common, 
cserulescens. Blue Goose. Migrant. Rare, 
hyperboreus. Snow Goose. Migrant Not common. 
Braata bernicla Brant Goose. Migrant. Not common. 
Canadensis. Canada Goose; Wild Goose. Migrant. Common. 
var. Hutchinsii. Hutchins’ Goose Migrant. Rare. 
Anas boschas. Mallard. Migrant. Abuudaut. 
“ obscura. Dusky Duck. Migrant. Common. 
Daiila acuta. Pintail ; Springtail. Migrant. Common. 
Chanlelasmus Streperus. Gadwall ; Gray D ick. Summer resident. Not common. 
Mareca Americana. American Widgeon ; Baldpate. Migrant. Abundant. 
Qnerquedula Carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. Migrant. Abundant. 
“ discors. Blue-winged Teal. Migrant. Abundant. 
Spatula clypeata. Shoveler. Summer resident. Common. 
Aix sjionsa. Summer Duck ; Wood Duck. Summer resident. Very common. 
Fnligula marilla. Greater Black-head. Migrant Common. 
“ aflinis. Lesser Black-head. Migrant. Abundant. 
Fnligula collaris. Ring-neck Duck. Migrant. Common. 
“ ferina, var Americana. Redhead; Pochard. Migrant. Common. 
“ vallisneria. Canvas-back. Migrant. Not common. 
Bucephala clangula. Goldeu-eyed Duck. Migrant. Common. 
“ albeola. Butlle-headed Duck. Migrant. Abundant. 
Harelda glaeialis. Long-tailed Duck. Winter visitor. Rare. 
Histrionicus torquatus. Havlequiu Duck. Accidental in winter. 
Somateria spectabilis. King Eider. Accidental iu winter. 
CEdemia fusca. Velvet Scoter. Winter visitor. Rare. 
Erismatnra rubida. Ruddy Duck. Migrant. Common. 
Merges merganser. Merganser; Goosander. Migrant. Common. 
“ serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. Migrant. Not common. 
“ cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Summer resident. Common. 
The food of this family is various, and consists of grass, corn, acorns, 
grains, wild rice and other seeds, berries, aquatic plants and other vege- 
tables, fish, Crustacea, small mollusks, spawn, worms, iusects and Iarvte, 
While none of these birds are exclusively vegetarian in diet, the order 
in which they are arranged expresses pretty nearly the proper order in 
which they should be arranged to show' their lood habits — the swans 
and geese being most herbivorous iu habit, while the mergansers subsist 
almost exclusively on fish, Crustacea and mollusks. The line dividing 
those whose food is chiefly vegetable from those otherwise may be drawn 
with a tolerable degree of accuracy between the genera Aix and Fuligula. 
Family Pelecanidje. Pelicans. 
Pelecanus tracbyrhyncus. White Pelican. Migrant. Not common. 
Feeds almost exclusively on fish and crayfish. 
