230 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



at Port Sanilac in fall, it does not breed here"' ( W. A. Oldfield ); rare at Albion " ( O. 

 B. Warren ); "abundant spring and fall, migrant'' ( N. A. Eddy); "Keweenaw Point" 

 ( Kneeland ); I also have reports from Kent and St. Clair counties; taken at Plymouth 

 by J. B. Purdy ; this is frequently taken at Pine lake, near here, in October ; found 

 breeding at St. Clair Flats by W. H. Collins ( Bull. Nutt. O. Club, Vol. V, p. 61 ). Davie, 

 p. 58, mentions it as breeding in Michigan ; included in Sager's list of 1839. 



o2-147-( 724). Aythya vallisueria ( WiT-s.). Canaas-back. 



Not very common ; taken on Detroit river by J. B. Purdy, migrant ; more abundant 

 near the Great Lakes ; " have known two shot at Port Sanilac, and think it passes in 

 spring and fall" ( W. A. Oldfield); "common on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); 

 "sportsmen report taking it occasionally on Saginaw Bay, but I have never seen it in 

 this locality. It is reported to me as tolerably common on St. Clair Flats" (N. A. 

 Eddy); "common at St. Clair Flats" (Dr. W. C. Brownell ); "not found on inland 

 lakes, but rarely taken at St Clair Flats and Saginaw Bay" (A. H. Whitehead); 

 "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common where wild celery abounds, rare at Sault 

 Ste. Marie" ( C. S. Osborn ); perhaps our finest game duck. 



53-1 48-( 720). Aythya niarila nearetica Stejn. American Scaup Duck ; Greater 

 Scaup Duck ; Greater Blue-bill ; Greater Blackhead. 



Common ; " migrant at Ann Arbor " ( Dr. J. B. Steere); fall and spring, often very 

 common in fall ; migrant ; " abundant in spring and fall migrations at Saginaw Bay " 

 (N.A.Eddy); "quite common in the lake at Port Sanilac in fall. I have taken sev- 

 eral " ( W. A. Oldfield ); one nest reported by W. H. Collins from St. Clair Flats. ( Bull. 

 Nutt. O. Club, Vol. V, p. 61 ); " common on Lake Erie " ( Jerome Trombley ); " Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland ); "Mr. Love Dockery collected two sets of their eggs on the rocky 

 islands near Isle Royale, June, 1893," ( E. W. Durfee); taken at Plymouth by J. B_ 

 Purdy ; we find it very common at Pine Lake in October ; " common game duck " ( Dr. 

 W. C. Brownell). 



54-1 49-( 721 ). Aythya aflinis (Eyt.). Lesser Scaup Duck; Lesser Blue-bill; 

 Lesser Blackhead. 



Very abundant ; migrant ; taken plentifully at Pine Lake, five miles east of the 

 college, in October and November ; " common in Detroit markets" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); 

 "very common migrant at Albion and St. Joseph" (O. B. Warren); "abundant spring 

 and fall migrant at Saginaw Bay, one of our most common ducks at these times. I 

 have taken them September 1. I think a few breed " (N. A. Eddy); " common at Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "migrant at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common 

 on Lake Erie" (Jerome Trombley); one nest reported by W.H.Collins at St. Clair 

 Flats. (Bull. Nutt. O. Club, Vol. V, p. 61); it very likely breeds here sparingly, north 

 abundantly ; "This is a good game bird and decoys very easily " (S. E. White). 



55-149-( 722 ). Aythya collaris {Donov). Ring-necked Duck; Blackhead. 



Rather common; "throughout the state during migration" (A. H. Boies); taken 

 at Plymouth by J. B. Purdy; "Iron Mountain, April 18, 1889" (E. E. Brewster); 

 migrant ; March and September ; Davie, p. 70, says it breeds from New York to 

 Wisconsin, and north ; not rare at Pine Lake in October and November ; given in 

 Dr. A. Sager's list of 1839; "tolerably common in Northern Indiana" (Butler's 

 Birds of Indiana). 



