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saw here lie shot June 7th, 1882. (Frequently shot since, irre- 

 gular migrant. Never numerous. 'May 14th. 1907. Probab- 

 ly breeds occasionally. N.A.C.) 



109. Querquedula carolinensis. GREEN WINGED TEAL. Rare 

 here, but breed at Manicouagan. 



110. Querquedula discors. BLUE- WINGED TEAL. Rare, but 

 oftener seen than the preceding. Has been ahot early in May. 

 (May 4th, 1904. N.A.C.) 



111. Fuligula affinis. SCAUP DUCK. Tolerably common in 

 October. (Sept. also. N.A.C.) 



112. Fuligula collaris. RING-NECK DUCK. Mr. Comeau has 

 killed two in spring. (Rare here Sept. 23rd, 1895. N.A.C.) 



113. Clang ula glaucium. GOLDEN-EYE. A resident species and 

 tolerably common. Breeds on fresh water only. Remains 

 throughout the winter. 



114. Clangula islandica. BARROW'S GOLDEN-EYE. A common 

 resident, breeding like the foregoing on fresh water, and re- 

 maining on the Gulf all winter. (The most abundant of the 

 three species. N.A.C.) 



115. Clangula albeola. BUTTER-BALL. Rare. Has been shot 

 in October. (May 9th, 1885, May 7th, 1889. Irregular. Seen 

 in September some years. N.A.C.) 



116. Harelda glacialis. RESIDENT. Very abundant in winter, 

 the largest flocks being seen in December, January and Febru- 

 ary. Mr. Comeau shot one in full summer plumage as early as 

 April 23rd, 1882. Tolerably common in summer, and supposed 

 to breed. (One of the most abundant of our ducks. Breeds. 

 N.A.C.) 



117. Histrionicus minutus. HARLEQUIN DUCK. Rare and 

 only seen during the latter part of April and early in May. This 

 year Mr. Comeau saw two April 16th, and shot one May 8th, 

 out of a flock of four. (April 5th, 1889. Seen occasionally since. 

 The bird appears to be decreasing fast. In May last year (1908) 

 I saw a pair. One evening, May 10th, 1889, I was returning 

 home late from a shooting excursion, when I heard the noise 

 of wings, frequently produced by a large flock of birds, and look- 

 up almost overhead, I saw a large flock of ducks passing. It 

 was too dark to see what they were and the range was a long one. 

 I fired one shot at the bunch and a bird dropped. Much to my 

 surprise it was a male harlequin duck. Were they all harle- 

 quins? I cannot say, but presume they were. If so there were 



