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tolerably commou, and breeds here (Plunkett). "Common Golden-eye 

 or Tree Duck ;" also breeds near Norway House ( Bell, 1880). Portage la 

 Prairie: Rare; summer resident; comes late and leaves early ; is scarce 

 ia the shooting season ; shot one in August, and as I see them more or 

 less all summer, I assume that they breed here ; arrives about the end 

 of April and departs early ; I have rarely seen one after the 1st of 

 September; first seen April 27, 1885, April 20, 18S6 (Nash). A few 

 breed in the Waterhen River marshes (Macoun). Carberry : Very rare ; 

 summer resident; June 23, 1883; at a small lake in the woods to the 

 south, to-day, I saw a Whistler, and I think the species breeds here 

 (Thompson). Shell River : 1885, first seen, one, a male, on April 25 ; 

 a transient visitor, passing north aud not remaining any time or breed- 

 ing (Calcutt). Qu'Appelle : Tolerably common summer resident; breeds ; 

 arrives April 15 (Guernsey). 



38. Glaucionetta islandica. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



I shot a brace at Lake Manitoba in 1879, and a drake at Shoal Lake 

 in the spring of the following year ; and I saw a drake which was killed 

 at the mouth of the Red River (Hunter). Winnipeg: Rare; straggler 

 (Hine). 



39. Charitonetta albeola. BiilHe-liead. 



Common summer resident; breeding in deep ponds that are fringed 

 with trees; among the commonest species after the fall migration, 

 along the boundary (Coues). Dutferiu: Arrived between April 20 and 

 25 (Dawson). Winnipeg: Transient visitor ; abundant (Hine). Swamp 

 Island : 18^5, first seen, about twenty, on May 21 ; next seen on May 

 22 ; last seen. May 25 ; is common in migration but does not breed ; 

 1886, first seen, six, on May 10 ; bulk arrived May 13 ; last seen, May 

 11) (Plunkett). Portage la Prairie: Abundant In spring and autumn, some 

 few remaining to breed ; at Lake Champique, near Hedingly, I once 

 found young, unable to fly, on the 15th of August; they were on a 

 prairie slough, at least three miles from any trees (Nash). Abundant 

 in ponds in the autumn ; not seen in the prairie regions (Macoun). 

 C.irberry : Common summer resident; breeding also at west slope of 

 Duck Mountain, Portage la Prairie (Thompson). Shell River: 1885, 

 first seen, two, on April 27 ; next seen, May 20; is common all summer 

 and breeds here (Calcutt). Qu'Appelle; Common summer resident; 

 breeds ; arrives September 20 (Guernsey). Severn House ; Trout Lake 

 Station (Murray). 



40. Clangula hyemalis. Old squaw. Swallow-tailed Duck. Cowe«n. 



Severn House (Murray), and during winter found in many parts of 

 the Mississippi valley (Cook), therefore probably Manitoban. 



