Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds. BrooMyn,” G. H, Oouas 
58. Anas obscura. Dusky Duck. - One specimen seen. 
Bali N.O.O. 4, Jan.. 1879. p .33 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
O. H.Merriam. 
155- Anas obscura, Gmelin. Black Duck.-A tolerably common 
summer resident. : '' u ““ non 
Bull N, 0.0, e,Oct,X881, P.234 
JrWc. Ijlaaaeaa Soo« sf N«T t 88-89 
Si.tf.5, I.io also exhib- 
ited two nestlings of the Black Duck (Anas obscura ) and fragments of one 
| of the eggs, showing the perforated line around the larger end made by 
the young bird for escaping. This line is always made to the right. 
i r . - 183' P /^7- 
Birds TlOga Oo, N. Y. Alden Loving, 
602. Black Mallard. Occasionally found in 
the .spring in the ponds and standing pools 
from overflows. 
0 4 &0 3 XV, June, 1390, p.&B 
.Winter Notes from Stephento-wn, N. Y 
Ben j amin Hoag. 
Flocks of Black Ducks noted as late as 
Christmas. 
O.&O.V 0 I.I 8 , Jan.1893 p.ll 
'Vva/C; 
\ V of , 1 150 * - 
3 c fa 
Black Mallard. Not common. 
Vuji^ <5 
E. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. , 
J Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.299. 
Nesting of the Black Duck in Yates County, N. Y. — May 26, 1907, I 
found a nest of the Black Duck (Anas rubripes) in Potter Swamp. The 
locality was a young second growth of maple, beech and ash of four to eight 
inches in diameter. The ground was nearly dry and covered with a rank 
growth of ferns and skunk cabbage. The female was flushed from a 
bunch of six small maples growing from a mound about three feet above 
the surrounding ground and there in the center of the bunch of trees were 
six eggs layed on a few broken fern stems and dead leaves. 
On my next visit (June 2) there were nine eggs and a nice lot of down 
had been placed around and among the eggs. A farmer told Mr. C. F. 
Stone of finding a nest of this duck in Potter Swamp in 1892 or 1893, but 
this is the first authentic record to my knowledge.— Verdi Burtch, 
Brcmchport, N. Y. Auk 27. Apt-1010 p. 
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