572 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



ANAS BOSCHAS. Uncommon. 



A. OBSCUEA. This duck is very common here. It is truly a northerr 

 pecies. It breeds in the swamps adjacent to this city. 



DAFILA ACUTA. Common in spring : a few visit us in the fall. 



NETTION CAEOLINENSIS. Common. Breeds. 



QUEEQUEDULA DISCOES. Uncommon. 



SPATULA CLYPE ATA. Uncommon. 



MAEECA AMEEICANA. The adult hird is seldom seen in this latitude. 



AIX SFONSA. Sometimes common. Breeds. 



FULIX MAEILA. The young are abundant on the St. Lawrence during 

 autumn. They breed north-west of Quebec. 



F. AFFINIS. Occasional specimens are shot at Sorel and Three Rivers. 

 It is more abundant in Western Canada. 



F. COLLAEIS. Occasional. 

 AYTHYA AMEEICANA. Occasional. 



BUCEPHALA AMERICANA. Very common in spring and fall. Breeds 

 In Canada. 



B. ISLANDICA. Adult birds are occasionally shot on the lakes. The 

 young are abundant on the St. Lawrence during the early part of winter. I 

 have seen the adult on Lac a la Philip in July. 



B. ALBEOLA. Common in spring and fell. 



HISTEIONICTJS TOEQUATUS- Common on the north shore of the St. 

 Lawrence. A beautiful adult male was shot in the spring, on the Montmo- 

 renci River, near Quebec. 



HAEELDA GLACIALIS. Occasional near Quebec. Common on the 

 upper lakes in spring and fall. 



PELIONETTA PEESPICILLATA. Very common in the fall at Mille 

 Vaches, lower St. Lawrence. 



SOMATEEIA MOLLISSIMA. Common on the north shore of the St. 

 Lawrence. Breeds on islands in the river below the Saguenay. 



MEEGUS AMEEICANUS. Common. Breeds. 

 M. SEEEATOE. Common in spring and fall. 



LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS. Adult is occasionally seen. Young visit 

 the St. Lawrence in the fall. Breeds on the margins of northern lakes. 



LAEUS AEGENTATUS. Common on the St. Lawrence in spring and 

 fall. Breeds on our mountain lakes. 



