116 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
becomes more common in the autumn. (Nelson.) I found this 
scoter to be rare in all localities visited by me. (Turner.) Fairly 
numerous at Bocadequadra, Wrangell narrows and Lynn canal. 
We saw two at Lake Marsh, two on Lake Lebarge and about twenty- 
five flying up 50-mile river from Lake Lebarge. (Bishop.) One 
male taken at Point Barrow, Alaska. (MclIlhenny.) 
BREEDING NotTes.—Audubon found this species breeding in 
_ Labrador. The nests were built by the sides of small lakes, two or 
three miles distant from the sea, and usuaily placed under low 
bushes. They were formed of twigs, mosses and various plants 
matted together, and were large and almost flat, severai inches thick, 
and lined with feathers. (McIlwraith.) On June 16th, 1896, I shot 
a female at Burnt lake, Alberta, which contained a fully developed 
egg. (Duppre.) 
On June 26th, 1893, Mr. G. F. Dippie and myself found a nest 
containing nine eggs on an island at the south end of Lake Manitoba. 
The nest was built between loose boulders and consisted of a hollow 
in the sand lined abundantly with dark down. The eggs were very 
large and of a deep, rich, buff colour. The bird sat very close upon 
the nest and did not fly up until I almost trod upon her. It appears 
to be a late breeder, nesting late in June on the islands of lakes 
Manitoba and Winnipeg. Mr. Neuman sent me an egg of this bird 
which he took from a female he had shot at Swan lake, northern 
Alberta, on June 25th, 1897. (Ravne.) 
We observed this species twice on Knee lake, Keewatin—a small 
» flock on July 7th and a few on September 8th as we were returning. 
Many breed about the borders of small ponds throughout the interior 
and large numbers are killed for food before they are able to fly. 
(Preble.) Breeding in nearly all the marshes and ponds around 
Prince Albert, Sask. (Coubeaux.) 
It breeds in large numbers throughout the region under review, 
as several nests were found in the ‘‘Barrens,’’ some near the fort, 
and a few on the lower Anderson and in other parts of the wooded 
sections; these were always depressions in the ground, lined with 
down, feathers and dried grass, and placed contiguous to ponds or 
sheets of fresh water, frequently amid clumps of small spruce or 
dwarf willow and fairly well concealed from view. The number of 
eggs found in a nest varied between five and eight. (Macjarlane.) 
