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often common and Is locally called the winter duck on account of its habit 

 of staying until the lake is frozen out from shore, sometimes so far that the 

 birds cannot find food and starve to death. He has, he said, seen the birds 

 so weak that they could not fly. 



19. Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. — There is a mounted speci- 

 men of this duck in the Clarke collection, that was taken on Lake Superior, 

 near the postofiice. According to residents it is not rare in spring and 

 fall. 



20. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. — A mounted specimen in the 

 Clarke collection establishes the fact that the ruddy duck occurs in this 

 region. Clarke stated that it is common about the ponds and lakes during 

 migration. 



21. Chen hyperboreus. Snow Goose.- — According to Clarke this species is 

 often seen on the lakes and ponds during the migrations, a few having been 

 seen by him in October, 1911. 



22. Branta canadensis canadensis. Canada Goose.^ — This species may, 

 Clarke informed the writer, be considered a rather common migrant in the 

 region, where it often stops on the ponds and marshes. There is a mounted 

 specimen in his collection, that was taken on the point, and he observed it 

 nesting in the marsh at the edge of Little Lake about 1875. 



23. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. — According to Clarke, flocks of 

 swans are often seen early in spring and late in the fall, but they rarely stop 

 on the point. 



24. Botaurus lentiginosus. Bittern. — This bittern is a common summer 

 resident, and was found in the marshes and about the ponds and lakes. On 

 May 27, 1914, a nest was found at the edge of a small marsh near the end of 

 the point. It nested also at Vermihon Lake. 



25. Ixobrychus exilis. Least Bittern. — The Avriter did not see this species 

 alive, but Clarke had a mounted specimen which was taken at Vermilion. 

 He stated that the bird is very rare in the region. 



26. Ardea herodias herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Several great blue 

 herons were seen about the marshes and ponds. According to Clarke, some 

 of these birds nested in the swamp near the Shelldrake River. 



27. Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — This species is not rare in the 

 region studied. It visits the small ponds and marshes about the point and 

 breeds in the marshes south of the Shelldrake River. On August 1, 1912, 

 House heard it calling in the marshes mentioned, and three were seen flying 

 high overhead. We were told by Butler that in the spring of 1912 three 

 cranes were seen in a small marsh near the house and that one was white. 

 The latter bird may have been a whooping crane. In 1914 the writer saw 

 two, on May 18, near the end of the point, and two on May 24, and three 

 on June 1 flying inland from the point. 



28. Porzana Carolina. Sora. — Altho reported by residents, the sora was 

 not seen in 1912, but in 1914 one was observed at a pond east of Vermilion, 

 August 14, and another was found dead on the beach of Lake Superior, 

 August 7. It is no doubt a resident species. 



29. Fulica americana. Coot. — According to the hunters this bird is a 

 rather common migrant. The writer did not find it, but there is a bird in 

 the Clarke collection, which establishes the occurrence of the species. 



30. Philihela minor. Woodcock. — No woodcock were found, but Clarke 

 stated that it is occasionally observed. 



31. Galinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — According to Clarke, this bird is 

 rather common in the .spring. The writer saw but four birds, one on June 



