New England 267 1876. Shot one or two (on cross examination Mr. Jaffard a little mixed on this species and was not so certain that he had ever seen it; the "gray duck" of Messrs. gunners is emphatically always the "spin tail") Ques. 5. Have you ever seen the ring neck duck. Ans. "Yes, but it is very rare. I shot a fine male in the spring of 1872 and this specimen is the only one that I can think of at present" Ques. 6. Do the canvas back and red head ever occur. Ans. The former is taken occasionally in the bay; the latter has never come under my notice" Ques. 7. Did you ever see the harlequin duck. Ans. "Yes: three years ago my dog (a trained toler") drew on a flock of about twenty. It was Sunday and I had no gun but they came in within a few rods and I had a good view of them; among the numbers were several very fine males (here he gave an accurate description of the adult's plumage) and I think I could not have been mistaken" Ques. 8. Does the little auk occur except irregularly? at long intervals. Ans. "Yes, they are common out in the bay every winter and more or less of them are killed by the fishermen at that season" Mr. Goodale has five very fine S. Baepler. Islandica. They were sent down in the flesh from Maine. Prof. G. Brewster has a Syphium cinereum shot in N.Y. state three or four miles only from the Mass. lime. It was killed in Jan. of the present year.