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Nottion carolinensis, 
Middlesex county, Mass. 
1871. 
Sept. 6. An immature bird shot among a flock of tame ducks 
on Fresh Pond. I was told by theil? owner that it had 
lived with them for ten days, even walking up a steep 
bank to the house where they were fed, 
1874. 
Oct, 3, Shot one which rose from a ditch in the Fresh Pond 
marshes. 
A large flock of Teal on Concord River ware probably 
of thise species. 
“ 23. 
A female shot in the Fresh Pond swamps by Nesbitt, 
1880. 
Oct. 29. 
One on Concord River, 
