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Harelda hyemalis.
Harelda glacialis
Found a flock of five in the
lake near Great Island and shot
them all. There were four adult
males and a female. When we first
saw them at a distance they looked
snow white & we took them for Gulls.
Our boat was brushed with rushes &
we paddled to within thirty yards of
them. I killed three. The other two
circled about the male uttering his
familiar kow, kow & lit, and finally
South Amboy, N.J., Oct. 27, 1853
Marine
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