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Although this species breeds in the same ponds with the redhead 
in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, it is rare in eastern Manitoba, but 
becomes more common as one passes to the west; west of the rroth 
meridian it almost supersedes the redhead. At Edmonton, on the 
Saskatchewan, in 1897, Spreadborough found this species very 
common, and the redhead rare and late in arriving; in 1898, he 
found it breeding in small lakes between Edmonton and Lake Ste. 
Anne, Alta. 
Macfarlane and Ross record it on Great Slave lake, and the former 
says a few sets of eggs were taken near Fort Anderson in the Barren 
Grounds. Dall found it breeding at Fort Yukon, in Alaska, in great 
abundance, though Nelson says he never saw any evidence of it on 
the west coast. Spreadborough, Brooks and Fannin all mention 
that it is plentiful in winter around Victoria and at the mouth of 
the Fraser, and Fannin says it breeds in the interior of British 
Columbia; Brooks says it winters on Lake Okanagan and is a com- 
mon breeder in the Cariboo district, B. C. 
As the writer has seen it in immense numbers on Lesser Slave 
lake and in the Peace River country, he is satisfied that it breeds 
from Indian Head northwesterly to Fort Yukon in Alaska. The 
country northwest of Edmonton suits it well, as there are’ many 
marshes full of Scirpus lacusiris and tall grasses among which it 
likes to breed 
BREEDING Notes.—Fairly common at Reaburn, in Manitoba, 
and at Buffalo lake, Alberta. In both places eggs and birds were 
procured. (Dippie.) Breeding in marshes south of Lake Manitoba 
but not so numerous as the last species. (Geo. Atkinson.) . Nests 
are always in the reeds growing in the water; they are very bulky, 
and made of grass and reeds lined with down. A nest of this species 
was found on a muskrat house in a marsh at Crane lake, June 15th, 
1894. It contained seven eggs. (Spreadborough.) I have found 
this species breeding at Long lake and Shoal lake, Manitoba, and at 
Crane lake, Sask. It breeds also throughout Alberta. The only 
other species of duck’s eggs they can be compared with are the 
American and Barrow golden-eye, which they greatly resemble, 
both in regard to size and tint. The canvas-back is a late breeder, 
nesting toward the latter part of June. I found a nest containing 
seven eggs at Long lake, Manitoba, June 29th, 1893. The nest was 
