. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . es, whereit occurs more commonly in some localities. To the northand east it grows rarer. Dr. Townsend gives but one record for Essex County, but records three takenat Wenham Lake. Rich saysthat probably not more thanon
. A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states : including those used for food which have disappeared since the settlement of the country, and those which are now hunted for food or sport, with observations on their former abundance and recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence . es, whereit occurs more commonly in some localities. To the northand east it grows rarer. Dr. Townsend gives but one record for Essex County, but records three takenat Wenham Lake. Rich saysthat probably not more thanone specimen is killed dur-ing the year in Maine, andKnight regards it as a veryrare migrant there, althoughhe says that Boardman oncefound it breeding in Wash-ington County. It resembles the Lesser Scaup in appearance,size and habits.^ Like that species it is very swift on the it springs from the water it may be recognized by the dis-tinct whistling sounds made by its wings in its sudden effortto escape danger. The only specimen I ever killed was one ofa pair which passed me on a high wind at such speed that thesecond bird was beyond gunshot before I could cover it anddischarge the second barrel. It associates with the LesserScaup and feeds on similar food. Minnows, snails, tadpoles,frogs, crayfish, the roots of aquatic plants and many seeds Fig. 7. — Head of female. 1 It should be noted, however, that Boardman states in his Catalogue of the Birds found in thevicinity of Calais, Me., and about the islands in the Bay of Fundy, that the Ring-necked Duckdoes not breed in that region; but Mr. Knight writes me that he visited Mr. Boardman twice andthat the statement as it appears in The Birds of Maine was taken from Boardmans last revision ofhis own field notes. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT. 129 GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula clangula americana).Common or local names: Whistler; Greathead.
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