Ducks of Cohaseet, Mass. , 1860-93 
C. H.E. Boston* Mass, 
1. Red-breasted Merganser (Riilg. 130). 
Common during fall migration. A few stay 
through the winter, remaining until May. 
0.& O.Vol.17, June, 1892 p.90 
Water Birds. Nantucket, Mass. 
O-eor.© H. Mack ijr. 
Grsneral Notos. 
Merganser serrator. — May i, 1892, I saw about thirty Red-breasted 
Mergansers in the Ilummuck Pond, and on May 4 there were still quite a 
number living there. 
Auk 9 , July, 1892. p. 304 - 
Notes on Certain Water Birds inMass. 
George H.Mackay. 
I saw about twenty-five Red-breasted Mergansers ( Merganser 
serrator) at Muskeget Island March 15, 1894. The height of 
their abundance in these waters is from April 1 to 10. Those 
birds which winter further south first make their appearance a 
few, about the first of March ; they are about all gone by the 
first week in May. Auk XI. July, 1864 p; 226 
Auk XI. July. 1804 p. 226 
Auk, XIV, Apr., 1897, P. 22£ 
Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — October 31 this 
species was here in greater numbers than usual. 
Auk, XIV, Apr. ,1897, P - 22? 
Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — One of my old 
shooting companions informed me that he saw thirteen Red-breasted 
Mergansers, in a flock at West Hampton, Great South Bay, Long Island, 
N. Y., July 29, 1891. They were in moult and could not fly. I think it 
probable they were birds that had been too badly wounded early in the 
season to migrate. — George H. Mackay, Nantucket , Mass. 
The Ducks of Plymouth Comity, Massachusetts, 
by Herbert K . J ob . 
Auk, Xlll, July, 1896, pp. 197-204. 
See under Anas obsoura . 
