Concord, 
1887. 
Apr . 7 . 
Merganser amerioanus . 
Mass . 
We saw nearly fifty She 11 drake on the river. They were 
mostly in -pairs the drakes very conspicuous on the dark blue 
water as well as when flying. At a distance they looked like 
cakes of snow floating before the wind or with the current. 
When they were flying their green-black heads were easily seen 
at a considerable distance. They were very shy rising^ often- 
times nearly a mile away, but a pair came within long gunshot 
of us on their way up river and S. fired at them. 
