eae | Brooks, Birds of the Chilliwack District, B. C. oo 
dent. Both this species and the Goosander being tree nesting ducks do not 
suffer from the summer floods so disastrous to most of the ducks in the 
Fraser Valley. 
21. Anas platyrhynchos. Mariarp.— An abundant resident. 
22. Chaulelasmas streperus. GapwaLu.—Scarce. I have seen 
the Gadwall at Sumas in June and July, but doubt if it breeds. A few 
remain all winter. 
23. Mareca americana. Bauppatre.— Common resident and I think 
a few breed in the valley — or used to. 
24. Nettion carolinense. GREEN-wWINGED TEAL.— Common resi- 
dent — breeds. 
25. Querquedula discors. Buiur-wincep TraL.— The Blue-wing 
used to be a fairly common summer resident — very common in 1887 — 
but by far the greater portion of the nests were destroyed each year by 
the rise of the Fraser River in June. The last I saw was an adult male in 
June, 1896. 
26. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon TrEAL.— The Cinnamon 
Teal used to be common in the eighties, in fact, after the Mallard, the com- 
monest breeding duck. Now very scarce on account of their nests being 
annually drowned out by the Fraser River floods. If the birds reared 
second broods they fell easy victims to duck shooters as the young, as a 
rule, could not fly when the season cpened. 
27. Spatula clypeata. SHoveiLerR.— The Shoveller used to be a 
common breeder, now only a migrant owing to the draining of the upland 
swamps and the inundating of the lowlands. Two remained throughout 
the winter of ’89-’90. 
28. Dafila acuta. Pintrarm.— Common, resident, and used to breed. 
29. Aix sponsa. Woop Ducx.— The Wood Duck was rather scarce 
when I first came to British Columbia in 1887, becoming more common 
every year up to about ’95 when it was very abundant. It has since 
decreased but is still a regular breeder in the Fraser Valley. Three re- 
mained throughout the winter of ’89-’90, and I saw one in February, 1900, 
during exceptionally severe weather. 
30. Marila americana. RepHEAD.— Scarce migrant. Four records. 
31. Marila vallisineria. Canvas-Back.— Irregular migrant, some- 
times common. 
32. Marila marila. Scaup.— Rather scarce winter visitant. 
33. Marila affinis. Lesser Scaup.— More common than the last. 
34. Marila collaris. Rinxc-NeckeD Duckx.— Fairly common. One 
breeding record. 
35. Clangula clangula americana. Go.LpEN-kYE.— Common and 
possibly a pair or two may sometimes breed in the valley. 
36. Clangula islandica. Barrow’s GoLpEN-rYE.— I| only shot one 
undoubted Barrow’s Golden-eye, but the species must be fairly frequent 
as it is a common breeder on the other side of the Cascades. At the time 
of my residence in this district I relied on the pattern of wing and color of 
