226 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



eggs in the few nests that contained any. Hun- 

 dreds of birds nesting on the water surface at the 

 outer edge of the weeds. Breeding haunts 

 found Pelican Lake, Churchill River, June 3. 

 Observed Knee Lake, Churchill River, June 6 ; 

 Sandy Lake, Churchill River, June 9. 



[WHITE PELICAN (Pelicanus erythrorhynchos)]. 

 None seen on Pelican Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 3, 4. About thirty observed at rapids 

 between Sandfly Lake and Black Bear Island 

 Lake on the Churchill River, June 12. 



MERGANSER (Mergus americanus). A male 

 in "very worn immature plumage taken below 

 lie a la Crosse Lake, on the Churchill River, 

 June 1. " Iris dark ; bill medium deep crimson, 

 crown of upper mandible black ; feet bright 

 orange-chrome. 



Observed Pelican Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 4 ; Trout Lake, Churchill River, June 15 ; 

 Reindeer Lake, June 28 ; numbers at south end 

 of Reindeer Lake, July 3. Few observed 

 Reindeer Lake, July 10. 



RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (Mergus serra- 

 tor). An adult female taken on He a la Crosse, 

 May 23. " Iris clear deep umber brown ; bill 

 all red except along crown of upper mandible, 

 which is dark horn-brown ; legs and feet rich 

 reddish orange-chrome." 



A downy young female, length 14*75 in., taken 

 on the Cochrane River, August 15. " Iris pale 

 clear brownish sage-green ; bill blackish brown 

 over crown of upper mandible for entire length 

 except tip, sides of upper mandible and entire 

 lower mandible pale dull buffish yellow; legs 



