CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 97 
mens at the north end of the same lake, and in July, 1885, a 
female and young were obtained in Kicking Horse Lake, Rocky 
Mountains. Dr. Richardson named the species from a specimen 
taken in the Athabasca Pass, and Macfarlane took two speci- 
mens as far north as Fort Anderson. It is of rare occurrence in 
Alaska, but young were taken at Chilcat as early as April 24th 
by Nelson. 
Regular visitor in British Columbia. (ZLord.) During the breed- 
ing season of 1891 I found this duck very abundant on nearly 
every lake along the Cariboo road; it has also been taken by Mr. 
W. B. Anderson at Port Simpson, on the coast of British Colum- 
bia. (fannin.) Rare inland except in summer, but common on 
the coast of British Columbia. (Svooks.) 
BREEDING Notes.—I! have had eggs sent me which were taken 
out of a hollow tree at Devil’s Lake, near Banff, Rocky Moun- 
tains. (Razne.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One fine male taken on the coast of British Columbia by Mr. 
John Fannin. 
LVI. CHARITONETTA StTeEjNEGER. 1885. 
153. Buffle-head. Spirit Duck. 
Charitonetta albeola (LINN.) STEJN. 1885. 
One taken in 1827 at Godthavn and another at Frederikshaab 
in 1891. (Winge.) Rare migrant in Newfoundland and Nova 
Scotia. Chamberlain says it is a common resident in New Bruns- 
wick, and supposes it breeds there. Rather common migrant in 
Quebec and Ontario, and reported by Saunders to breed at St. 
Clair Flats. This species, like the Golden-eye, prefers the vicinity 
of lakes and deep ponds and river valleys where there is tim- 
ber. It is a summer resident in all the forest country from Mani- 
toba northwesterly to the Rocky Mountains, and according to 
Ross descends the Mackenzie River tothe Arctic Sea. Nelson 
and Turner report it as a rare bird in Alaska, but more common 
on the Upper Yukon. Streator, Fannin and Brooks report it 
common and breeding in British Columbia, and wintering on the 
coast, and the latter says it winters on Lake Okanagan, B.C. 
BREEDING Notres.—Rare in Alberta but breeds there. Three 
downy young were shot June 2oth, and five more June 22nd, 1896, 
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