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lighted with it and quite agree with you in thinking it a notable and 

 attractive likeness. The photograph which I have from the camea 

 [cast] owned by Mr. Kennard is not at all the same. Both have the 

 same pose, and the hair, collar, and neck are the same, but there 

 the points of resemblance cease .... I hope you will publish it in 

 •'The Auk.'" 



The King cameos, which so far as I am aware have heretofore 

 escaped public notice, are not only distinct additions to the known 

 series of Audubon portraits, but to my mind form an important 

 contribution to the material from which a true conception of Audu- 

 bon's character may be gained. Most of the portraits are either 

 poor, or show the naturalist as a young man, or in the decline of 

 life ; these reveal him at the noontide of his manhood and impress 

 one with the strength and genius of his personality. The open 

 frank expression, the clear eye, the firmly pressed lips, the strong- 

 nose and chin, the lofty forehead and the elevated pose of the head 

 bespeak nobility of character, and make it easier to appreciate the 

 vigor, determination, and courage that brought success in under- 

 takings the very magnitude of which appals the ordinary man. 



RECENT BIRD RECORDS FOR MANITOBA. 



BY ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. 



?LoNG-TAiLED Skua. Stercorarius longicaudus. In September, 1896,. 

 Samuel Slater brought to Alexander Calder of Winnipeg, in whose collec- 

 tion it now is, an immature Long-tailed Skua, shot on Lake Winnipeg. 

 Its dimensions are: Length, I62 inches; wing, 12 in.; tail, 6^ in.; tarsus, 

 IJ in.; middle toe and claw, If in. All above sooty, except the neck, 

 which is cream color, and crown, which is sharply blackish. 



Black Mallard or Dusky Duck. Anas obscura. In my collection 

 is a specimen from Shoal Lake taken by Geo. H. Meacham in 1901, and 

 another taken near Winnipeg by W. R. Hine. According to Meacham 

 two more were shot at Shoal Lake in 1899. C. C. Helliwell reports one 

 taken on Lake Manitoba in the fall of 1898. It seems to be rare in this 

 region yet it abounds on Athabaska River. 



Wood Duck. Aix sponsa. Now shown to be a rare but regular sum- 

 mer visitant as far north as Lakes Winnipeg and Winnipegosis. 



