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MouSLEY, Birds of Hatley, Que. 



[Auk 

 LJan. 



Order 

 Anseres 

 Herodiones 

 Paludicolse 

 Limicolae 

 Gallinse 

 Raptores 

 Coccyges 

 Pici 



Macrochires 

 Passeres 

 Sparrows 

 Wood Warblers 

 Flycatchers and 



others 



1. Anas rubripes (Brewster). Black Duck. — Common transient; 

 (April 11) Aug. 6 to Oct. 17; (Nov. 25). Average date of arrival (for two 

 years) Aug. 15; of departure (for two years) Oct. 14. Small flocks of this 

 duck usually visit the marsh during the months of August to October, the 

 date in April being for a pair only, and that in November for a single. 

 They fly high as a rule with no fixed formation, and are very wary and diffi- 

 cult to approach when settled on the water. The total number of birds 

 observed during the fall of 1914 was 95, the largest flock consisting of 

 eighteen, as against 21 for the present year with a total of 93 birds. 



2. Nettion carolinense (GmeUn). Green-winged Teal. — Rare 

 transient; Oct. 11. The above date of the pre.sent year, 1915, is the only 

 one on which I have shot (or seen to identify) an example of this smallest 

 of ducks, although on April 18 of this same year, I have an entry in my note 

 book as follows, viz: " Small duck seen in the distance probably a teal?" 

 I feel pretty sure now that it was one of this species. The present one was 

 a female and alone, and when weighed just turned the scales at thirteen 

 ounces. 



3. Chen hsrperborea nivalis (Forster). Greater Snow Goose. — 

 Rare transient; April 6. A flock of fifteen of these fine birds passed over in 

 the afternoon of the above date, 1914. They were heading north spread out 

 in a gentle curve, and not in a sharp defined V shape. As no specimen was 

 obtained I have adopted the generally recognized rule, that birds passing 



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