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at Mud Lake. This was the only specimen noted, though this 

 merganser is common in this region as a regular resident. 



132. MALLARD, Anas boschas Linn. 



This fine duck is a common migrant at the upper end of 

 Flathead Lake, appearing in flocks there as elsewhere. A spec- 

 imen was taken on Aug. 24. Numbers were noted at the right 

 of the mouth of Flathead River, where a small cove offered them 

 convenient anchorage. It often breeds in the neighborhood. 



139. GREEN-WINGED TEAL, Anas carolinensis Gmel. 



A flock of green-winged teal appeared on Daphnia Pond 

 about the middle of August, and a specimen was taken on 

 August 17. Thereafter this teal was noted regularly on the 

 pond, and in the mouth of Swan River. 



143. PINTAIL. Dafila acuta (Linn.) 



The pintail doubtless breeds at the north end of Flathead 

 Lake, as specimens were regularly noted in the swampy area 

 between Swan River and Flathead River, during our observa- 

 tions in June. Numbers were accumulating in the cove west 

 of the mouth of Flathead River during the latter days of Au- 

 gust, with the mallard, green-winged teal, American golden-eye, 

 American merganser, and other species. 



144. WOOD DUCK. Aix sponsa (Linn.) 



A brood of young wood ducks appeared on the gra&sy slough 

 in the swamp-woods between Swan River and Flathead River, 

 and a young male was taken, July 31, 1901. Residents of the 

 neighborhood report that the wood duck is disappearing, be- 

 ing seen much less frequently than it was several years ago. 



151 AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE, Glaucionebta clangula amer- 



icana (Bonap.) 



A pair of American golden-eyes were seen about Sin-yale-a- 

 min Lake at various times, and one specimen was taken. On 

 the little pond in the ravine to the southwest, a family o-f 



