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Smith collection. The pelican is a regular migrant, stopping on 

 Wall lake to spend the night. It was common in early days, and 

 large flocks are still seen in some years. Two pelicans, winged- 

 tipped by hunters, were kept all summer at Lakewood resort on 

 Wall lake about the year 1900. Mr. Lee and several others reported 

 that seventy-five pelicans were killed by a hail storm in March or 

 April, 1896, on a pond between Lake View and Sac City. 



Merganser (Mergiis americanus). Two specimens, a male and a 

 female, in the Smith collection. The merganser is reported by Mr. 

 Lee as being always rare. I identified a female on the inlet of 

 Wall lake. May 9, 1915. 



Red-breasted Merganser {Mergus serrator). One specimen, a fe- 

 male, in the Smith collection. Mrs. George May reported one seen 

 in the " Goosepond " April 17, 1911. It must be classed as a rare 

 migrant. 



Hooded Merganser {Lopliodytes cucullatiis). A female specimen 

 in Smith collection. It was reported rare by Mr. Smith. 



Mallard (Anas platyrliynclios). Three specimens in the Smith 

 collection. All the early settlers state that the mallard was a com- 

 mon breeder and abundant migrant. It is still one of the most 

 common ducks, although greatly reduced in numbers, and breeds 

 occasionally in secluded places. According to local hunters it 

 nested in the "Goosepond" in 1915. 



Black Duck {Anas ru})ripes). Mr. Lee reported killing a black 

 duck in the spring of 1909, also that five were killed by another 

 hunter the fall before. 



Gadwall (Chaulelasimis streperns). Specimen in the Smith col- 

 lection. Reported common by Mr. Lee. I found the remains of a 

 gadwall, I think the remnants of a Cooper hawk's meal, April 21, 

 1913. I identified a male and two females on the inlet of Wall lake, 

 April 2, 1916. 



Baldpate (Mareca americana). Specimen in the Smith collection. 

 Reported tolerably common by Mr. Lee. I saw about fifty on Wall 

 lake March 15, 1914, and fifteen in the " Goosepond " April 16, 1916. 



Green-winged Teal (Nettion carolinense). Two specimens in the 

 Smith collection. Not as common as the blue-winged teal and mi- 

 grates earlier, my first seen dates ranging from March 15 to April 

 4. Mr. Lee stated that the green-winged teal nested until about 

 1883, building their nests in the prairie grass well back from the 

 water. He said that the nests were often exposed by prairie fires 

 and that the females would return and try to hatch out the cooked 

 eggs, often sitting for weeks. He stated that the blue-winged teal 

 nested in similar locations. 



Blue-winged Teal (Querqiiednla discors). Reported by all the 

 early settlers as nesting abundantly, and as more common than the 



