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mer resident; tolerably common (Hine). Selkirk Settlements: Breed- 

 ing;. Lake Winnii)eg in the breeding season in considerable numbers 

 (D. Gunn). Swampy Island : 1885, first seen, four, on May 10 ; next seen, 

 May 11; bulk arrived May 12; is common, aud breeds here; iu fall, 

 last seen, October 2; 188(5, first four on May 10; bulk arrived on May 

 13 (Plunkett). A specimen from between Lake Winnipeg and Hudson 

 Bay in Smithsonian Institution (Blakiston). Portage la Prairie: 

 Abundant summer resident ; breeding at Lake Manitoba and in all the 

 sloughs in this vicinity ; this is the last duck to arrive in the spring and 

 the first to leave in the fall ; in 1884, first seen, April 16 (Nash). Sil- 

 ver Creek : July 5, 1882, shot a Widgeon, female ; apparently breed- 

 ing ; length, 18 ; extension, 33 ; gizzard full of shell-fish (Thompson). 

 Shell River: 1885, first seen, a pair on May 12; next seen, four, on May 

 23; is common all summer, and breeds here (Calcutt). Frequent on 

 the Assiniboine ; 1881 (Macoun). Qu'Appelle : Common summer resi- 

 dent; breeds; April 20 (Guernsey). 



26. Anas carolinensis. Greeu-wiuged Teal. 



Abundant migrant; many breeding; extremely abundant throughout 

 the region along the boundary from Pembina to the Rockies in August; 

 doubtless some breed (Coues). Dufferiu: Arrived between 15th and 

 20th (Dawson). Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant; breeding 

 (Hine). Swampy Island : 1885, first seen, two, on May 3 ; next seen, the 

 bulk, May 6; is tolerably common, and breeds here; in fall, last seen 

 September 1; 1886, first seen five on May 8; bulk arrived May 10 

 (Plunkett). Very common near Norway House; scarce uorthward (Bell, 

 1880). Portage la Prairie : 18S1, abundant migrant and common sum- 

 mer resident, arriving at about the same time as the Mallard, but leav- 

 ing as soon as the sloughs are frozen over ; I have found flappers as late 

 as the 15th of August (Nash). Rarely found breeding on the plains; 

 apparently goes further north ; in immense flocks on the Assiuiboine 

 in the fall of 1881 (Macoun). Carberry: common ; breeding; Silver 

 Creek, Rapid City (Thompson). Dalton : 1889, first seen, two, on April 

 15; next seen on April 16, when it became common; does not breed 

 here (Youmans). Brandon : April 20, 1882 (Wood). Shell River : 1885, 

 first seen, a pair on May 2; afterward seen every day; is common all 

 summer, and breeds here (Calcutt). Qu'Appelle: Common summer 

 resident; breeds April 5 to 15 (Guernsey). 



On June 29, 1882, at Rapid City, Dr. A. S. Thompson shot a Green- 

 winged Teal with his rifle. Although shot through the belly it was not 

 killed, but flew with its entrails trailing, and it required a charge of dust 

 shot to finish it. It was a male ; length, 15 ; extension, 23 ; gizzard 

 full of shell fish. This species is very abundant throughout the whole 

 of the pondy prairie region from here to Carberry. It is usually met 

 with in pairs and is of a very aflectionate disposition, for if one be shot 

 the other either remains to share its fate, or if it does fly at first, usually 



