In the Proceedings of the Portland Society of Natural History for April, 
1882, I spoke of the Ring-necked Duck ( Fulix collaris ) as having but once 
been taken in the vicinity of the city within my experience. On the very 
morning upon which my paper left the press, I found in one of the city 
markets two adult males which were killed in the Presumpscot River, 
March 31, 1882. On April 12 I found another male in the market; the 
next day I purchased a pair from a sportsman in Deering; and on April 
17 detected another male in the market. That the bird’s occurrence in 
such numbers is very unusual there can be no doubt. In fact, so far as I 
have been able to learn, our most experienced hunters of wild fowl either 
knew the species only by tradition, before this year, or else were wholly 
unacquainted with it. 
Ho. 
Bali N. O.O, 7, July. 1882, p, 
