174 
1876, 
Fob* 24, 
1871. 
Aug, 19, 
Sopt, 1, 
Spatula clypeata. 
Mr,Joyce tells me that he finds this Duck not very 
uncommon in ’■Massachusetts, although it is never numer¬ 
ous . 
B each , Hov^ -lampshire. 
A young female in good plumage shot in the Eel Pond 
by D,C,French, It was swimming neaf the glassy margin 
and was very tame. Both eyes v/ere obscured by a v^hite, 
skin-like film that had apparently well-nigh destroyed 
the poor bird’s sight, 
I shot one, a young bird, which I found in the Eel 
Pond at Daybreak in company v/ith six Blue-winged Teal. 
