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Pterocyanea discors. Abundant. 



Spatula clypeata. Rare. A few only have been seen. 



Nyroca valisneria. Met with only in rare instances. A 

 large flock was reported to have been seen near our city, No- 

 vember 2d, 1853. N. FERiNA. Abundant during the month of 

 October. Breeds, to some extent, in the northern part of the 

 State. 



FuLiGULA MARiLA. Not commou. F. coLLARis. Found only 

 occasionally. 



Erismatura rubida. Rare. 



Clangula albeola. Abounds on all our rivers, though it 

 breeds generally far north. 



Harelda glacialis. Exceedingly rare. 



Mergus Castor. Frequents our lakes and rivers in consider- 

 able numbers ; more abundant in autumn. Breeds in the north- 

 ern part of the State. M. serrator. Common. M. cucullatus. 

 Abundant in all parts of the State. 



Family — PELECANID^. 



Pelecanus track yrhyncus. Common about the Mississippi, 

 and occasionally finds its way into our small lakes in the interior. 



Family — LA RIDiE. 



Hydrochelidon nigra. Abundant, and breeds in great num- 

 bers in the low, reedy marshes about our lakes and rivers. The 

 young, when able to leave the nest, are fed by the parent birds 

 while upon the wing. 



Sterna minuta. Not so common as the former, and proba- 

 bly does not breed in the State. 



Larus Bonapartii. Some seasons quite abundant, particularly 

 in the month of October, and along the shore of Lake Michigan. 

 L. marinus. Common. 



Family — COLYMBIDiE. 



Colymbus glacialis. Common. C. septentrionalis. Rare, 

 and seldom found away from Lake Michigan. 



