\<,h:s OH llir linils. :!L'l 



ii(;ir TciTc IliUilf. A line .viicciiiicii xnA \>\ Mr. Knidiy ;il .1 pdinl just imrlli 

 (if Tcrrc Hiiulc. Ain-il 14. ISSS. I.ciiKlli. :;:;..'. iiiclics. 

 \() rcconl for Carroll or .Moiinic. 



12. I'kmx'a.m s i;kv 1 iiuoKii ^ .\( iios (Iiiicliii. wiini: i'i;i.i( an. (I:.'."); 



Very rare spriii.u and tall inii;i'aiil. 1 li;i\(' iicvn-. inysclf. seen this species 

 ill Vifid t'ouiity. hut I li:ivc iiceii told by various persons tiiat they had 

 seen it years ajio. I»r. Scoxcil exauiiiied a speeiuien shot near Terre Haute, 

 al.out May 12. ISSS. One was secured on Tipiiecanoe Uiver. Carroll County, 

 l.y my friend W. W. r.l;ick. in Ilie sprini; of issl. Xo rec(.rds foi' .Monroe. 



l.">. Mkiuu's .^.MKUit'AMs ("assiu. .Mi:i{(;A.\si:i{. (TJil) 



Rather oomnion spring and fall niit;ranl : frecpiently seen on the Wahasli 

 and on various creeks. The Mrst duck to arrive in the sprint; an<l the last 

 to pass throu^'h in the fall. 



CarroU Vomit 11: March 1. ISTS. a female taken on 1 >eer Creek, near Cam- 

 den. March 1. 1871>. several seen on Deer Creek: others seen and a male 

 .gotten four days later: and. on March 14 of same yeai-. s(>veral soon in the 

 market in Lafayette. A line male, in sjjlendid iilumajic ohtained on Deer 

 Creek, above Camden, March 2."!. iss."). Tiie shot liicd merely winged it 

 slightly. The creek was covered with ice excejit in a few places. The duck, 

 in attempting to escaiie, dived and. coming up under I he ice. swam along 

 some distance. The ice was clear and it was easy to follow the bird. After 

 swimming perhaps a hundred yards luider the ice. it came up against the 

 baidv in shallow water, where it was cai)ture(l liy cutting a hole tlirough tlie 

 ice above it. 



Flocks of five to 20 seen on I>eer Creek or the Wabash. February 13 and 

 18, and April 21 and 22. 1SS3 : iM-bruary i:: an<l IT. and March 10 to 18. 

 1884; March 10 to 15. 188."). several seen on Deer Creek daily, and on the 

 18th, they were abundant. 



A favorite place for them in Deer Creek was the long stretch of (piiet 

 water just below the (»ld Leonard mill, east of Camden. Here the left, or 

 south hank of tlie creek, is a high bluff, and. in the creek under this bluff, 

 from a few to several of these large Interesting birds might be seen almost 

 any (hi.v in spring after the ice had disai»pear(>d. Other places that were 

 favorite haunts of this species were the oiien water, just above the drift or 

 log-jam. above the old Dillon mill site, and at the Adam I'orter mill, a mile 

 below Camden. 



On February 17. 1885. I saw six <ir seven at Fry's null in Adams township, 

 where the creek was open. The day was very cold, the snow dei'p and more 

 falling. Mr. Wm. Coble, of that neighborhood, said that a few of these 

 ducks usually remain all winter in ojien spaces in the Wabash, near the 

 (Jeorgetown mill. 



Vi<l>> Cfiinitj/: Seen occasionally in the markets. March !>. issS. a female 

 gotten on the Wabash, near Teri-e Haute. 



14. MEKOrS SKKRATOl! LilMia'US. KKh-HKKASTKI) MKUGAXSKU. (KlOt 



A rare migrant: noted otdy in Carroll and Vi,si<i: no records for Monroe. 



