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1893.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. & 



*43. Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. 



Rare. A specimen in Edwards Bros, collection and one in the 

 British Columbia Museum, at Victoria, belong to this species. 



44. Glaucionetta clangula americana. American Golden Eye. 



Several seen at Nisqually. In the interior an abundant summer 

 resident. They occasionally nest on the ground. 



45. Glaucionetta islandica. Barrow's Golden Eye. 



Two specimens collected on Puget Sound by Jos. Edwards, who 

 pronounces them to be rare. In the eastern Cascade region they 

 asssociate and breed with G. clangula americana in the proportion 

 of one to three. 



46. Charitonetta albeola. Buffle Head. 



Same distribution as Glaucionetta clangula americana. 

 *47. Clangula hyemalis. Old Squaw. 



A few seen on the Vancouver Islaud coast. Puget Sound ; 

 Edwards Bros. 



-48. Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. 



Rare in Puget Sound, Edwards Bros. Rare at Lac La Hache, 

 Duncan McKinley. 



49. Oidemia americana. American Scoter. 



A few noted at Nisqually among flocks of 0. deglandi. 



*.50. Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. 



Most abundant of the genus, both on the coast and mainland 

 interior. I am convinced it breeds as far south as 150-Mile House, 

 Cariboo Road, individuals being seen at Lac La Hache July 4. 



*61. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 



Fairly abundant on coast sounds and harbors during my stay. 

 *52. Erismatura rubida. Ruddy Duck. 



Sparingly represented on the interior lakes during summer. 

 Not met with on coast. Puget Sound, Edwards Bros. 



*53. Anser albifrons gambeli. American White-fronted Goose. 



A few seen at Nisqually are referable to this species. Tacoma, 

 Edwards Bros. It is not probable that they breed on Puget Sound. 



54. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 



In flocks on the mud flats of Puget Sound during April. Accord- 

 ing to the McKinleys it breeds about the mainland lakes and is dis- 

 tinguished from smaller races by the name of "Honker." One 



