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vember 12, 1904, a pair of adult males flew low over the ferry boat, at 

 Terry, and alighted on the Yellowstone when I was crossing it. 



11. Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — Rare. On 

 April 7, 1890, several were seen on a muddy reed-grown lake, in a mixed 

 multitude of other wild-fowl, near the Crow Rock, Dawson County. On 

 February 25, 1902, I saw five mergansers flying which I took to be of this 

 species. 



12. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. — Rare. A female 

 or immature male of this species frequented a pool on my ranch, near Terry, 

 for several days at the end of June, 1898. When I approached close it 

 showed anxiety by elevating the crest and wings but did not fly away. 

 I observed another on the Yellowstone May 7, 1905. Captain Thome 

 saw about twenty Hooded Mergansers daily from June 14 to July 17, 1889. 



13. Anas boschas. Mallard. — Common on migration. A good many 

 pairs used to breed in Custer County in the early nineties but I have not 

 heard of a nest for many years. Mallards still nest in Dawson County, 

 on Cow Creek, a west fork of the Redwater River. 



14. Chaulelasmus streperus. Gadwall. — Not uncommon on the Yel- 

 lowstone. Transient. Numerous on April 7, 1890, near the Big Dry, 

 Dawson County, when I shot two adult males. Mr. J. H. Price has also 

 shot these ducks. 



15. Mareca americana. Baldpate. — Not uncommon on the Yellow- 

 stone. Transient. I have shot widgeon in both Custer and Dawson 

 Counties. Mr. J. H. Price has also obtained them at Locate Creek, Custer 

 County. 



16. Nettion carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. — Abundant on migra- 

 tion. The bags of wild fowlers made here consist chiefly of this duck and 

 the next. For two days in September, 1892, I observed both species of 

 Teal flying down Tongue River in very large flocks. At that time the 

 Hon. O. H. Wallop, who was with me, killed forty-eight in about two 

 hours' shooting each afternoon as the birds flew past. On Sept. 22, 1906, 

 Mr. H. B. Wiley and Mr. C. F. Hedges (of Miles City) killed 80 teal 

 of both kinds, in about equal numbers, between daylight and 8 A. M. on the 

 Yellowstone. Three years previously Mr. H. B. Wiley and Mr. Al. Jordan 

 shot 61 ducks between daylight and 12 o'clock, noon, on the Yellowstone, 

 which were almost all teal. Mr. J. H. Price has also shot numbers of both 

 kinds on Locate Creek, Custer County. Mr. Dan Bowman has seen the 

 nests and young of this species on Fallon and Beaver Creeks, Custer 

 County, and Mrs. W. S. Haley has seen the young on Taylor Creek, 

 Dawson County. Green-winged Teal breed regularly on Cow Creek in 

 Dawson County. 



17. Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. — Common everywhere 

 during migration. While it is certain that these ducks breed on islands 

 of the Yellowstone, as pairs may be seen throughout the summer, I have 

 never actually discovered a nest. On September 27, 1904, a Blue-winged 



