234 Kansas Academy of Science. 



The writer will add that Nett lake is eighteen miles west of 

 the Orr railroad station of the Duluth, Winnepeg & Pacific 

 railroad, running out from Duluth, and in the fall the sports- 

 men from all over the coutry come to Nett lake to hunt water- 

 fowl. For days during the hunting season wagonload after 

 wagonload of ducks are hauled across the portage to the rail- 

 way station for outgoing successful hunters. For the hunter 

 Nett lake is a paradise. 



The observations here recorded extend over a period of five 

 years (1909-1914) , as time would permit while the writer was 

 Indian agent at Nett Lake, Minn. 



Unless otherwise stated, the birds mentioned in the list 

 below are breeding, summer residents. The number opi>osite 

 the name of each respective species is the number of that 

 species in "Handbook of Birds of Western United States," by 

 Florence Merriam Bailey. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



2. Cohjmhus holboellii (Reinh.). Holboell Grebe. Common in sum- 

 mer. 



6. Podilymhus podiceps (Linn.). Pied-billed Grebe; Dadchick. Com- 



mon in summer and abundant in the fall. 



7. Gavia imber (Gunn.). Loon; Great Northern Diver. A common 



summer resident; abundant in migration. 

 9. Gavia arctica (Linn.). Black-throated Loon. Occasionally seen 

 in migration. 

 51. Larus argentatus Brunn. Herring Gull. Occasionally seen at 

 Nett lake; common at Pelican lake, Vermillion lake and Rainy 

 and Chain lakes along the international boundary line. 



There are several other species of gulls that frequent the 

 region, but not securing a specimen, I was unable to identify 

 them. The gulls are summer residents at Rainy lake. 



120. Phalacr'ocorax diloplnis (Swain.). Double-crested Cormorant. Oc- 

 casionally seen in migration. In the fall of 1913 the wi'iter 

 saw four at Nett lake on a stormy day. They are more frequent 

 at Pelican lake, and likely spend the breeding season at Rainy 

 lake and other lakes in that vicinity. 



125. Pelicanns erythrorhynchof^ Gmel. American White Pelican. An 

 occasional migrant at Nett lake; a frequent migrant at Peli- 

 can lake. A stuffed pelican killed at Orr, Minn., sits on the 

 showcase in the saloon in that town. Hunters killed five speci- 

 mens near Orr in the fall of 1913. 



129. Merganser americamis (Cass). American Merganser; Goosander; 

 Sheldrake. A few were seen in migration. 



