230 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



River, June 9. One pair observed below Du 

 Brochet Lake, Cochrane River, July 31. 



[SHOVELLER (Spatula clyplata)]. Pair observed 

 Crooked River, May 15. Numerous Shagwenaw 

 Lake, Churchill River, June 1, and Pelican Lake, 

 June 3. Observed on Knee Lake, Churchill 

 River, June 6. 



[PINTAIL (Dafila acuta)]. Observed Big River, 

 May 9 ; Beaver River, May 19. One pair 

 observed lie a la Crosse Lake, May 25. Numer- 

 ous Pelican Lake, Churchill River, June 3. Ob- 

 served adult with brood of young about eight 

 days old on island above Kettle Falls, Churchill 

 River, June 27. Caught two of the young. One 

 adult and three full-grown young taken for food 

 on Du Brochet Lake, August 6 ; eighteen in 

 flock altogether. 



[SCAUP DUCK (Marila marila)]. Observed Big 

 River, May 9 ; Crooked Lake, May 12. Beaver 

 River, May 19, 21. Three pair observed on in- 

 land lake on east shore at north end of lie a la 

 Crosse Lake, May 30. 



[GOLDEN-EYE (Clangula dangula americana)]. 

 Observed Big River, May 9. Very numerous 

 Crooked Lake, May 12, 13, and Beaver River, 

 May 19. Numerous, in flocks, Shagwenaw Lake, 

 Churchill River, June 1. Observed below Knee 

 Lake, Churchill River, June 6. Observed number 

 of duck on Cochrane River, August 13, which 

 I think were this species in winter plumage ; 

 remarked that birds flocked and probably- begin- 

 ning to move slowly south in migration. One 

 taken north of Fort Du Brochet, September 24. 



[WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (Oidemia deglandi)]. 



