Auk, XII, July, 1S95, p .3 to 
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November:. Twenty-five Broadbills {Aythya marila nearctica ) seen 
at the Long Pond to-day. [ 
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Aythya marila. American Scaup Duck. — -I saw large numbers in 
Madaket harbor Nov. 1, — about one thousand (estimated) birds. 
In passing through Nantucket Sound I saw, Nov. 1 1, about two thousand 
Old Squaws ( Harelda hyemalis) in one body. I also saw a great many 
White-winged Scoters ( Oidemia deglandi ) in groups scattered over the 
sound; also a much less number of Surf Scoters (O. perspicillata). I did 
not observe any American Scoters (O. americana). I do not see many of 
the latter nowadays ; they are getting to be a rather scarce bird on the 
Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts. ?■£»• Hh***k*y , 
Aythya in. nearctica . 
The Ducks of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 
by Herbert K.Job. 
Auk, Xlll, July, 189G, pp. 197-204. 
See under Anas obscura . 
Notes on Certain Water Birds inMass. 
G-eorgre H.Mackay. 
There have been a good many of the larger Scaup (Aythya 
marila nearctica ) living about the waters between Muslceget 
Island, and Maddeket harbor, which is on the northern side of 
Nantucket Island. They also frequented the ponds at the west- 
ern part of the latter island during the winter and spring of 1894, 
although there have been fewer there than there were last season 
during the same period. On March n, 1S94, some four hundred 
still frequented Maddeket harbor. I shot a male and female A. 
ajjims, all I saw, on the 13th. They were in company with A. in. 
nearctica. There were still thirty of the larger variety in the 
Hummuck Pond, Nantucket Island, on April 29. They flew 
out at my approach, mounted to a very high altitude and went 
towards the west. I did not see them again. 
Although I have shown by these notes that there have been 
very large bodies of wild fowl concentrated in restricted localities, 
I would add that I have rarely observed fewer in the localities 
they have heretofore been accustomed to haunt. I account for it 
by the scarcity in these localities of the shell-fish food, which they 
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consume in enormous quantities. 
Aythya marila. A flock estimated to number about six hundred 
wintered about Moon Island. We have not found them wintering at any 
other point in Boston Bay. 
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