XIII, 



1890. 



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nearest pond. This cluck is very abundant in the country, and I think 

 it usually nests much farther from the water than any of its near con- 

 geners. Like the Green- wing it is a good diver, but it is less wary and 

 more easily shot; it seems to prefer the smaller ponds and leaves the 

 large sheets to the Mallard and other large ducks. 



28. Anas cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. 



Very rare; straggler; I have taken the Cinnamon Teal at Oak Lake, 

 and I think also at Lake Manitoba, but during fifteen years' resi- 

 dence in Manitoba 1 have only seen five or six specimens (R. H. Hun- 

 ter). 



29. Spatula clypeata. Sboveler or Spoonoill. 



Abundant summer resident, of general distribution; abundant 

 throughout the region along the boundary from Pembina to the 

 Rockies; breeding on Mouse River (Coues). Duft'erin: Arrived between 

 April 20 and 25 (Dawson). Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant 

 (nine). Breeding at I'ed River, Shoal Lake, and Lake Winnipeg 

 (Brewer). Swampy Island : 188G, first seen, six, on May 28; abundant 

 summer resident (Plunkett). On Lake Winnipeg, the young were 

 nearly full grown in the beginning of July (Bell, 1880). Shoal Lake: 

 Breeding May 17, 1887 (Christy). Portage la Prairie : 1884, common 

 summer resident; breeds in most of the sloughs near here; I have only 

 once seen anything like a flock of these birds, and then there were not 

 more than a dozen of them; they arrive late and depart as soon as the 

 shallow waters they frequent are frozen ; in 1884, first seen April 16 

 (Nash). Observed great numbers in August on the prairie ponds 

 about Pleasant Hills; breeding on ponds throughout the prairie, but 

 more abundantly throughout the copsewood region (Macoun). Bran- 

 don, Pembina, and Rapid City : Breeding (Thompson). Dalton : 

 1889, first seen, one on April 16; is common, and breeds here (You- 

 mans). Shell River: 1885, first seen, a pair on May 8; next seen, four 

 on May 22; is common all summer and breeds here (Calcutt). 

 Qu'Appelle: Common summer resident; breeds; May 1 (Guernsey). 

 Trout Lake (Murray). 



30. Dafila acuta. Pintail. 



Common summer resident of general distribution ; abundant through- 

 out the region along the boundary westward from Pembina, in summer 

 as well as in fall (Coues). Duft'erin: Arrived between April 15 and 20 

 (Dawson). Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant (Hine). Red River 

 to Hudson's Bay (Blakiston). Breeds near Norway House (Bell, 1880). 

 Osowa: Common; breeding; 1885, first seen, one on April 7, next seen 

 April 16; became common April 20; last seen, thirteen, on November 

 1 (Wagner). Portage la Prairie: Abundant; summer resident; firstseen 

 in 1884, April 16 ; arriving early, generally with the Mallard, but leav- 



