Recent Occurrence of the European Teal and the Marbled Godwit 
near Portland, Maine. — My collection contains a male European Teal 
(Nettion crecca ) which was shot in Casco Bay by a fisherman on April 6, 
1903. I had the satisfaction of seeing it before it received the attentions 
of a taxidermist, thus making perfectly sure that no deception was prac¬ 
tised in the case. It is a remarkably beautiful and highly typical speci¬ 
men. So far as I am aware, it is the first of its kind recorded for this 
State. r QlQo*7. P- 9 H■ 
A Second European Teal (Nettion crecca) in Maine — On March 26, 
1910, I was called upon to examine a specimen of the European Teal m 
the flesh, which had been taken a day or two earlier at Scarborough, Maine 
During the day, the bird was examined by Messrs. Nathan C. Brown and 
Walter H. Rich. It was a male in good plumage. The skin passed into 
the possession of Dr. Henry H. Brock, of this city. The stemun, shoulder 
girdle, and sacrum are in my possession. 
The only other occurrence in the State known to me is the one recorded 
by Dr. Brock, as taken in Casco Bay, April 6, 1903 (Auk, XXIV, p. 94).— 
Arthur H. Norton, Portland , Me. 
iio, Apr»19Il p. 0.615': 
