Excerpt from the The Auk Vol. 6, published in 1889.
1 records
| MARC number | Decision | Species | # | Location | County | Arrival | Departure | Observers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889-001 | A | Masked Duck | 1 | small pond near Malden | Middlesex | 8/27/1889 | 8/27/1889 | C. Corey | 1 |
The sole Massachusetts record is a drake in breeding plumage collected at Malden, 27 August 1889 (fide C. Cory, see Auk 6: 336). This species has a history of wandering, and records well north of its range exist for Wisconsin, Maryland, New Jersey, and possibly Vermont (origin questionable). Furthermore, there is no evidence of Masked Ducks having been kept in captivity in the late 1800s.