118 Till'-. W'n.sdx P.ri.LKTix— Xo. HR 



for several days without showiii:,' coiucrii about iicoplc all around 

 the eiubankuKMit. Such c-ouipunies were always uuxod males aud 

 females. Early in the season the males usually predominated, but 

 late in April or early in May the females predominated. I have 

 never found them numerous at C'edar I'oint. On two oeeasious 

 there was an oeeasional Buffle-head among the Le.sser Scaups 

 washed up on the liay side of the sand spit. Three were seen on 

 every visit to Cedar I'oint the winter of 1907-8. These ducks are 

 not much hunted and are tlierefore not at all wary, permittlnir a 

 close approach. 



oT. Hurclda IiyeiiidUs. — ()](l-s(iuaw. 



Irregular in its occurrence. Of the seven occurrences since IS'.Mi 

 three have been on the Oberlin Water Works reservoir. On March 

 11 and 12, liX)3, there were two females and (me male there, the 

 male in high color. One was shot on a small pond north of Ober- 

 lin on Ain'il 22. ItMiT: also a male in high color. The only t'edar 

 Point record is of two birds on November 12, 1!X)G. There were 

 reports of numbers during the winter off Lorain, 11)01-2, but my 

 only record for that winter was one at Oak Point. December 2o. 

 Lorain tishermen tell tales of these birds being caught iu gill nets 

 at a depth of many fathoms. Four specimens in the Oberlin Col- 

 lege collection have the remark written on the labels, "Caught in 

 gill net off Lorain." 



oS. Oideniiu Ueijlaiidi. — White-winged Scoter. 



The only actujil capture of this sjiecies at Cedar Point nuist be 

 accredited to Messrs. F. M. Root and X. Metcalf. .May 10, 1908. 

 They report having seen a number of others in the company from 

 which this one was taken. I have been reasonably, certain of the 

 presence of this species at Cedar Point and Oak Point, but absence 

 of specimens prevented entering it as certain. 



Other records for the eastern ])arts of the lake shore in the re- 

 gion covered by these studies are: April 27 and May ."., 1892, by 

 IL Warden, Lorain; December 4. 19(i;!. a tiock of fourteen at Oak 

 Point, November 19, 1900. a flock of six east of Huron. 



39. Erismatiiiu jamaiceiifiis. — Ruddy Duck. 



Of regular occurrence as a migrant, but clearly decreasing in 

 numbers. Of regular occurrence on the Olierlin Water Works res- 

 ervoir from 1898 until 1904, since which none have been seen there. 

 The first birds reached tin- reservoir aliout April l.'>, usually re- 

 maining a full month. They returned about the middle of Octo- 

 ber and remained two to four weeks. This duck reaches the 

 marshes near the last of .March, leaving :May i;>, 1907. Like the 

 Pultle-liead. early coii'ii.inies contiiin more males tli.-in females, but 

 with late <om]ianies the reverse is true, 1 have seen more Rud- 



