10 CHECK LIST OF THE 
A common resident, breeding in the northern part of the Province 
and spending the winter on the open water of the lakes, and rapid 
rivers near our southern boundary, 
These birds are very destructive to our fisheries. 
31. Red-breasted Merganser. 
(Merganser serrator.) 
A common resident, more abundant than the last and equally 
destructive to fish. Breeds in the interior of the Province and winters 
wherever there is open water. 
Genus LOPHODYTES. 
32, Hooded Merganser. 
(Lophodytes cucullatus.) 
A tolerably common summer resident breeding throughout the 
interior of the Province and retiring southward as ice forms. 
SuBFAMILY ANATINA. River Ducks. 
Genus ANAS. 
33. Mallard. 
(Anas boschas.) 
Common summer resident of the western part of the Province 
less abundant in the east, retires southward as the shallow waters it 
frequents become frozen over. 
Breeds throughout its range. 
34. Black Duck. 
(Anas obscura.) 
A very common summer resident, breeding in all suitable places 
throughout the Province. 
Arrives as soon as the marshes are open and retires when they 
freeze up. 
Genus CHAULELASMUS. 
35. Gadwaill. 
(Chaulelasmus streperus.) 
A very rare summer resident. 
Genus MARECA. 
36. Baldpate. 
(Mareca americana. ) 
