181 
1867. 
Nettion earolinensis, 
Middlesex County, Mass, 
Apg. 14. 
Saw three Teal whieh I took to be Green-winged on 
Concord River, Mass. The following day (Aug,15) saw 
about a dozen of the same species and shot one, which, 
however, escaped in the rank meadow grass. 
1868. 
Apr. 4. 
Started two from a small brook. 
Sept.12. 
Shot a young male. He was swimming near the margin 
of a smill pond and looked mueli larger than he really 
was. 
“ 8. 
Shot one that came down to my live decoy* 
Oct• 10• 
Saw one to-day. He lit in a ditch but rose before 
I could got within range. 
“ 19. 
Shot one this aftornoon. 
Shot three this morning; an adult male and ^ feSialo 
and a young bird. The pond was entirely closed with 
ice, except a small channel in whieh they wore swimming 
(Glacialis Pond). 
Nov. 4. 
Decoyed two almost within gunshot when they became 
alarmed at something and would come no nearer. 
Nov. 6. 
Shot one of two that lived on Sherman*s Pond, Wal¬ 
tham, for the past two or three wehks. They sit rather 
higher on the water than the Blue-wings and rise with 
greater ease and rapidity. Their flight is very swift 
and elegant and like most other Ducks, they always cir¬ 
cle about a place before alighting. Their notes are 
Varied: The most common is a very singular twanging souiri 
resembling the syllables-haink*; I have also heard them 
utter a loud cry just before taking wing precisely simi¬ 
lar to that produced by a domestic hen upop being sudden¬ 
ly seized. 
“ 7. 
The surviving comrade of the Teal shot yesterday 
was not in Sherman’s Pond this morning. 
1869. 
Apr. 10. 
A pair on Fresh Pond, I tried to approach them in 
a boat when they rose out of range and left the poni . 
1870. 
Sept.12. 
One shot on Fresh Pond, 
Oct. 4. 
The last wa s shot on Fresh Pond. Unusually abun¬ 
dant this year. 
1871. 
Sept, 6. 
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