Spatula el woeata . 
The Ducks of Plymouth County, Massachusetts. 
by Herbert K.Job. 
Auk, Xlll, July, 1896, pp.197-204. 
See under Anas obscura . 
Rare Ducks near Bridgewater, Mass.— Ornithologists may be inter¬ 
ested to know that Mr. Daniel B. Davis on Oct. 22, 1904, at Lake Nippi- 
nickett, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Mass., shot a Shoveller {Si>atula 
clypeata This bird, together with a number of others of different spe¬ 
cies, was about to be disposed of in ordinary ways when fortunately Mr. 
Joseph E. Bassett identified and purchased it. 
Other interesting captures at this lake are as follows : Two specimens 
of the Ring-necked Duck (Ay thy a collaris ), by Joseph E. Bassett, Nov. 20, 
1895. A King Eider ( Somateria sf>ectabilis), Oct. 21, 1899, also by Joseph 
E. Bassett. Two Gadwalls ( Chaulelasinus streperus ), Oct. 18, 1901, by 
Mr. Harry P. Sturtevant. 
With the exception of one of the Ringnecks the skins of the above are 
in the writer’s possession. — Arthur C. Dyke, Bridgewater , Mass. 
Auk, XXII, Oct., 1605, p.-yofi 
Three Spoonbill Ducks (Spatula clypeata) came into Wenham Lake, 
Massachusetts, on October 15 , 1910 . 1 secured all of them. There are 
only two other records of this duck at Wenham from 1899 until the present 
date. All three specimens were males. — J. C. Phillips, Wenham, Mass. 
Auk 28, Jan -1911,9, //fc 
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