:>•.' Till-. W'li.SMN r.ri.i.i'-.rijs; — Nik T)!). 



,m-:itioiis. We scciiriMl :i ])Mir tnkcn Octolior 2r>. IIMKI. This si)ories 

 has (liiirinishiMl in imiiihers (if lato years thron.siliont this soction. 

 It;. (Jiui(ii(((liil<t (li.srors, — Hlue-winircd Teal. 



A coiiHiioii migrant, coming early in fall and I'cniaining late in 

 spring. A few may remain to brood as the residents report. Noted 

 a i-onp!e in tlie dyke diti-h :May 21, I'.HKi, and May :n, 1907. Gardner 

 reported that a few were seen a day or so before on the marsh. Com- 

 mon from September 1 to October K>. liXUi, wlien we left. This spe- 

 cies does not seem to be diminishing .nt Ibis end of Lake Erie as re- 

 ported liy Fleming for Lake Ontario. ( Ank XXIII, lOUC, p. 444.) 



17. Marei-a utncriiunia. — I'ablp.-ite. 



Reported a fairly connnon l)ird during migrations. 



18. * Dafila (/ch/o,— Pintail. 



A regular and fairly common migrant. Have seen it lietween the 

 dates of September 13, 190(!, and Novemi)er 7, liJOG. 

 10. * Aid- f<i)Oii!<it. — Wood Duck. 



This rapidly disappearing species seems to be still far from uncom- 

 mon on the Point. We saw numlters both dead and alive all through 

 September 19(!5-190(!, and Gardner rejjorts taking one November 1 of 

 the latter year. lie also cai)turefl a winged bird ou the marsh De- 

 cember 17. According to the shooters they breed in considerable 

 uuml)ers, though they are most connnon in sjiring. This spring 

 (1907) Gardner reports .-i falling off in nundiers. lie is "perfectly 

 familiar with their breeding habits, and when we asked liim as to 

 how the feniale got her young to the groiind from the nest he said 

 that he had several times seen her take the young out of the nest 

 in her bill and deposit them one by one at the bottom of the tree 

 where they crouched motionless while she returned for the next. 

 When all are down, with the old one in the lead, they make straight 

 for the nearest water, lie s:iys that the greatest enemies that the 

 young birds have after they leave the nest are the Sna)>])ing-turtles 

 and large Pike that infest the marshes. 



20. *■ Aytlnja (niicricaiid, — Redhead. 



A very connnon migrant on the jionds. where it feeds on the mass 

 of Wild Celery t \'iillixiierin spiralis) growing there. Saunders oIj- 

 served them as late as May ;?1. 1S84. In 19(10, the first seen 

 by Gardner was October ".». tlionu'li the year before we took one on 

 the Lake Pond September !>. lint as it was an injured iiird the date 

 is of no migrational ini|iortan( e. October 1.~i, looc. we saw large r;ifts 

 of them in the center of t'.ie Lake Pond and tlie last wei-e reported 

 from the I'oint I)ecend»er 1. 



21. * Aiifhint rullisiicrifi, — Canvas-li.-ick. 



Not as common as .1. umcricnun, but of regular occiu'rence. (Jard- 

 uer reported a nundier Octolier 13, 190G, and November 10 sent us 

 a specimen. 



