206 
1867. 
Nov, 27, 
1868, 
Oct, 20. 
• 24. 
1869 
Oet. 21. 
1870. 
Nov, 3, 
Bucephala albeola. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
Sav^ one (the same) probably, as that seen on the 
23d) on Spy Pond and was told that it had been there for 
a number of days. It floated lightly on the water and 
would sv/im for some distance vathout diving, then stop, 
and disappear with the quickness of thought, remaining 
under for a remarkably long time. It would continue 
diving in nearly the same place till its appetite was 
satisfied, and then float about idly for a long time, 
cleansing and arranging its plumage. When fired at 
from “out of range* it swam quickly off without diving. 
On being pursued in a boat it would dive several times, 
and then, although the water was almost perfectly smooth, 
nothing could bo seen of it for perhaps fifteen or tv/enty 
minutes, when it wuld appear, perhaps sitting unconcerned¬ 
ly on the v/’ater in nearly the same place in which it 
went dovm, or else in some different part of the pond. 
Once I cornered it in a narrow-mouthed cove but it dove 
and soon reappeared in the centre of the pond. 
Shot a young male on Fresh Pond. 
Several on Fresh Pond. 
Five shot on Fresh Pond. They were tame and easily 
approached in an open boat. 
Shot one on Fresh Pond, the only specimen seen there 
this autumn. 
