CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. The 
tion, well concealed in a dry place among the rocks, perhaps ten 
feet above the water ; this one contained ten eggs, and was pre- 
cisely as the first. This species is very common on the Magdalen 
Islands in summer. I saw numbers of them in June, 1897, and 
obtained fresh eggs on the 22nd of that month. They select 
there an island or dry spot around the brackish pools at the north- 
east point of the island, and the eggs were deposited in precisely 
the same way as those found on Lake Ontario. (Rev. C. /. Young.) 
This bird builds a nest of dry grass, warmly lined with down 
and feathers. The eggs, nine or more in number, are of a creamy 
buff colour. From a nest situated at the Lake of the Woods, ten 
young were successfully hatched on the 20th June, 1897, the 
young birds were as large asa quail. (G. R. White.) 
Several nests of this, not particularly numerous Merganser, 
were obtained in the vicinity of Fort Anderson, and also in the 
wooded parts on both sides of the river, north and south of the 
post. One was found on the borders of the ‘“ Barrens,” to the 
east, under a fallen tree, close to a small lake. It was a scooped- 
out hole, lined with feathers and down and contained six eggs. 
Ten was the maximum number taken ina nest. (Macfarlane.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring and two others 
by Mr. W. Spreadborough in the harbour at Victoria, B.C., January 
25th, 1890. Mr. A. P. Low took several nests of this species on 
the borders of small lakes in Labrador in June, 1894. The eggs 
are in the Museum. 
XLIV. LOPHODYTES ReEIcHEnBacu. 1852. 
131. Hooded Merganser. 
Lophodytes cucullatus (LINN.) REICH. 1852. 
This species is reported as a spring and autumn migrant along 
the Atlantic coast from New Brunswick to Labrador as well as 
in Quebec and Ontario. We have no records of its breeding in 
any of these provinces, except that an Ottawa writer says it is 
“known to breed ;” and Mr. Elliott, of Plover Mills, Middlesex 
Co., Ont., reports that a male flew out of the woods on the 28th 
June, 1889, and alighted on Plover Pond, and from this fact 
believes it breeds in southwestern Ontario. 
