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Review of Perkins’ “Birds of Vermont.” 
32. Nyroca americana. Red-head Duck. 
Nyroca vallisneria. Canvasback Duck. — 1 can fincfno records. 
33 - Nyroca marila. Greater Scaup Duck. 
34. Nyroca affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. — The bird taken at Otter 
Creek was a female, and was taken on May 19, 1883. 
35 - Clangula clangula americana. American Golden-eye Duck. — 
The statement refers to the winter season. 
Clangula islandica. Barrow’s Golden-eye Duck. — The speci¬ 
mens in the Fairbanks Museum, Miss Ide writes, are without data; there 
is nothing to prove they were even taken in Vermont, and it is very 
doubtful if they were. 
36. Charitonetta albeola. Buffle-head Duck. 
37. Harelda hiemalis. Long-tailed Duck. — Windsor , two taken a 
number of years ago I found in the local collection of Mrs. Geo. Thurston. 
38. CEdemia americana. American Scoter. — Windsor, one found 
in the local collection of Mrs. Geo. Thurston. This, and the two fol¬ 
lowing species are spring and autumn migrants, and winter residents only 
when there is open water. 
39. CEdemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 
40. CEdemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. 
41. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. 
42. Nomonyx dominicus. Masked Duck. — An accidental straggler 
from the south. The bird referred to was secured from a boy by Henry 
D. Morse, and was taken on Sept. 26, 1857, at Alburgh Springs , Missisquoi 
Bay, and is now in the collection of the Boston Society of Natural History 
(No. 482). (Proc. B. S. N. H. VI, 1858, p. 375). 
43. Chen hypoborea. Lesser Snow Goose.— A very rare migrant. 
Lune?iburg, W. E. Balch. (?) St.Johnsbury , one shot about 1884. (Rand. 
Notes, Graham, Vol. I, 1884, p. 4.) 
Anser albifrons gambelli. White-fronted Goose. — The record 
given seems hardly definite enough to enumerate the species as a bird of 
Vermont. 
44. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — March and October. 
45. Branta bernicla. Brant. 
Branta leucopsis. Barnacle Goose. — Accidental from the Old 
World. Marshfield , one found in the Boston Market which was taken in 
1878 (Proc. B. S. N. H. XIX, 187S, p. 307, 308). Mr. Outram Bangs, who 
found the bird, tells me it was with a lot of geese which were said to 
have come from Marshfield. This particular bird had just been picked 
by the market man all except the head and wings. The bird was in a 
fresh condition, it being before the days of cold storage, and it undoubtedly 
came from some point in New England. The record Mr. Bangs thinks 
is as good as any market record can be. The head was in the possession 
of Mr. C. J. Maynard. 
46. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. — Now accidental. This 
recent record from its character needs confirmation. 
