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122. American Widgeon. 3fareca Americana, Gmel. 



123. Pintail Duck. Dajila acuta, Linn. 



124. Mallard. Anas hoschas, Linn. 



125. Dusky Duck. Anas ohscura, Gmel. 



126. Green-winged Teal. Querquedula Carolmensis, Gmel. 



127. Blue-winged Teal. Pterocyanea discors, Linn. 



128. Gadwall Duck. Ohaulelasmus strepera, Linn. 



129. Shoveller Duck. Spatula clypeata, Iawo.. 



130. Ring-necked Duck. Fuligula collaris, Don. 



131. Scaup Duck. Fidigida marila, Linn. 



132. Canvas-back Duck. Nyroca valisneria, Wils. This 

 duck is occasionally seen here during its migrations, but I could 

 not ascertain that any had ever been shot. 



133. Red-headed Duck. Nyroca Americana, Pr. Bonap. 

 This species I have often seen and eaten at Portage Lake. 



134. Golden-eye Duck. Glangula Americana, Pr. Bonap. 



135. Buffel-headed Duck. Glangula albeola, Linn. 



136. Goosander. Mergus castor, Linn. 



137. Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus serralor, Linn. 



138. Hooded Merganser. Mergus cucullatus, Linn. I have 

 been, told by hunters here that there is at some seasons of the 

 year, a nearly white merganser, or " saw-bill," as they call it, in 

 the lakes of this vicinity. From the alleged improbability of. the 

 occurrence of the smeiv {Mergellus albellus, Linn.) except as a 

 very rare visitor from Arctic Europe, I have not included this 

 bird in my list, though its occurrence is firmly maintained. by the 

 Indians and hunters, who ought to know. The bird seen by 

 them may be some white-plumaged duck ; though I must say I 

 am inclined to believe that Audubon is wrong in excluding the 

 smew from the. American continent, and that Wilson is right in 

 making it not an uncommon bird here. 



COLYMBID^. 



139. Common Loon. Colymhus glacialis, Linn. This is a 

 very common species at Portage Lake, in the spring and summer, 

 and is here possessed of all the shyness peculiar to it in more 

 populous localities. The only way the gunner can approach it 

 in the open lake, where it delights to sport and feed, is to conceal 

 the bow of his boat or canoe with branches of evergreen, and 



