1868 
Bucephala americana 
Middlesex County, Mass 
Oct. 27. 
Near the middle of Fresh Pond I started a flock of 
those Ducks before daylight. The pond, smooth as a 
mirror, lay bathed in the silvery light of the moon, 
while the eastern sky was beginning to bo just touched 
with rose. As they left the water the mingled rush and 
flutter of their wings was distinctly audible and a few 
moments later the clear whistle of their wings came down 
through the still air as they circled over the pond, 
growing fainter each moment as they passed off towards 
the south. The effect was indeseriba bly fine. 
29. A flock of six in Fresh Pond. Too shy to afford a 
shot. 
1870.• 
Nov, 8. 
Shot a female on Fresh Pond, sculling to within 
long range of her in an open boat. She was shy and 
restless. 
1872. 
Apr. 9 . 
At Concord, sww eleven near the French’s landing. 
an adult male at Egg Rock, and numbers near Ball’s Hill; 
we found it impossible to approach them in even a brushed 
boat. The noise made by their wings when flying could 
be heard a long distance. 
Six on the Assabet River, Concord, about half—a—mile 
above Egg Rock, and numbers on the meadows near Ball’s 
Hill, 
1875. 
Apr, 8. 
About a dozen on Concord River 
