226 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



Trombley); " Keweenaw Point " ( Kneeland ); "breeds in Northern Peninsula " (Prof. 

 Ludwig Kumlein ); Mr. S. E. White took nine eggs from a nest on Round Island, near 

 Mackinac Island, the nest was near the water's edge under a low cedar. Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher thinks it doubtful if it breeds in Michigan. This Merganser is given in Sager's 

 list of 1839. 



Genus LOPHODYTES Reioh. 



4I-l31-( 745). Lophodytes ciicuUatus (Lmn.) * Hooded Merganser ; Saw-bill,; 

 Top-knot. 



Very abundant; "throughout the state" (A. H. Boies); migrant; "Kent Co. and 

 Mackinac Island " (S.E.White); " common at St. Joseph" (O.B.Warren); "occas- 

 ionally shot along the shore by Port Sanilac. I have taken two males" ( W. A. Old- 

 field); " I found this species tolerably common on Heisterman's Island, October, 1888 " 

 ( N. A. Eddy); "common at Iron Mountain"' ( E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" 

 ( Kneeland); "common migrant on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); taken at Plymouth 

 by J, B. Purdy ; taken frequently at Pine Lake ; in April and September ; may breed 

 as it is occasionally taken in summer ; " doubtless breeds, eggs usually ten to twelve, 

 may range from six to eighteen"' (Amos W.Butler); said to nest in hollow trees; 

 " feeds on snails and crabs, excellent table duck " ( J. H. Whitehead ); "flesh almost as 

 rank as that of the two preceding "' ( Ludwig Kumlein ); this is one of our handsomest 

 ducks. In California this duck is not noticed by hunters, as it has no value in the 

 market. 



Gentjs anas Linn. 



42-132-{ 707 ). Anas boschas Linn. *Mallakd ; Mallard Duck; Green Head. 



Very abundant ; throughout the entire state ; summer months, though usually a 

 migrant; March, April, September and October ; reported common in Kalamazoo and 

 Wayne counties; "abundant in Monroe Co.'" (Jerome Trombley ); "abundant through- 

 out the state" ( A. H. Boies); "common, breeds, a pair or so breed each year at 

 Heisterman's Island, Saginaw Bay. The female of this species and both sexes of the 

 next are all known as gray ducks "' (N.A.Eddy); "flocks often seen in the lake and 

 creeks at Port Sanilac, but it does not breed here'" ( W. A. Oldfield ); "nests by 

 thousands at St. Clair Flats '" ( Dr. W. C. Browhell); "common migrant at Albion and 

 St. Joseph, where only a few remain now to breed owing to persecution by hunters " 

 (O.B.Warren); "very common in Kent Co. and rather rare migrant at Mackinac 

 Island " ( S. E. White ); " Keweenaw Point " ( Kneeland ); breeds ; nests on the ground ; 

 Dr. Gibbs reports a nest in a hollow tree ; nest elaborate ; eggs six to twelve, color 

 dirty white to olive green ; excellent game bird. Our domestic ducks come largely 

 from this species. 



43-133-( 708). Anas obscura Gmel. Black Duck; Dusky Duck. 



Common in fall and spring ; occasional in fall and summer ; •' migrant and occasional 

 summer resident in Northern Indiana'" (Butler's Birds of Indiana); " throughout the 

 entire state'" ( A. H. Boies); "common migrant at Albion. St. Joseph, and Palmer, 

 Marquette Co." ( O. B. Warren); "Keweenaw Point" ( Kneeland ); i*eported from Bois 

 Blanc Island; "Monroe Co."' (Jerome Trombley); "undoubtedly breeds" (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); "Mr. W. A. Davidson took a nest at St. Clair Flats"' ( Dr. W. C. Brownell ); 



