CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. WA 
of a hollow in the sand lined abundantly with dark down. The 
eggs were very large and ofa deep, rich, buff colour. The bird sat 
very close upon the nest and did not fly up until I almost trod 
upon her. It appears to bea late breeder, nesting late in June on 
the islands of lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg. Mr. Neuman sent 
me an egg of this bird which he took from a female he had shot 
at Swan Lake, Northern Alberta, on June 25th, 1897. (Raine.) 
It breeds in large numbers throughout the region under review, 
as several nests were found in the “Barrens,” some near the 
fort, and a fewon the Lower Anderson and in other parts 
of the wooded sections ; these were always depressions in the 
ground, lined with down, feathers and dry grasses, and placed 
contiguous to ponds or sheets of fresh water, frequently amid 
clumps of small spruce or dwarf willow and fairly well concealed 
from view. The number of eggs found in a nest varied between 
five and eight. (Macfarlane.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two specimens, one taken in Toronto marsh and the other shot 
near Indian Head, Assa., May 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
166. Surf Scoter. Sea Coot. 
Oidemia prespicillata (LINN.) STEPH. 1824. 
A few specimens obtained from the Danish settlements in 
Greenland. (Arct. Man.) Breeding sparingly along the coasts of 
Labrador. (Zurner.) Common along the coast of Newfoundland, 
especially during the breeding season. (Reeks.) Migrant along 
the coasts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; also in the Gulf 
and River St. Lawrence. It is a rare migrant near Ottawa, Ont., 
but more common on Lake Ontario. 
Rare in Hudson Strait, but quite common from Cape Jones to 
Richmond Gulf in Hudson Bay, June, 1806. (Spreadborough.) 
This is a common species on the arctic coast, and breeds 
abundantly both there and on the “ Barrens’’ along the Anderson 
River, near Fort Anderson. (Macfarlance.) 
Abundant everywhere on the coast waters of British Columbia. 
(Hanmn. Remains on Lake Okanagan throughout the winter. 
(Brooks.) Common about Burrard Inlet during the latter part of 
April, 1889. (Szreator.) 
