178 THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



Canada, from Saskatchewan and Alberta north to the limit 

 of trees. Eastward it breeds in the interior of Ungava and 

 casually as far north as Okak and Ungava Bay. It also 

 breeds quite commonly in Newfoundland, and is fairly com- 

 mon on the islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and then 

 west through Quebec and northern Ontario to the south end 

 of James Bay. 



In the interior, the breeding range extends somewhat 

 farther south. 



The principal winter home is the southern- half of the 

 Mississippi Valley west of the Mississippi Elver, but it is 

 not rare in the eastern United States from Florida to Mary- 

 land, occasionally to Massachusetts, and is recorded during 

 the winter in Maine, Quebec, Nova Seotia, and even in New- 

 foundland. Its normal winter range in the interior extends 

 as far as southern Indiana and southern Illinois, but a few 

 specimens have also been noted in Ohio, southern Ontario, 

 southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, Nebraska, southern 

 Colorado, and southern Utah, according to government in- 

 vestigators. The winter home also includes all of the Pa- 

 cific coast region as far north as British Columbia. 



WINTER RANGE OF DUCKS: 



American Merganser: 



1 * Merganser americanus, "as this duck is . called by 

 scientists, ranges on the Atlantic coast from Maine to South 

 Carolina, rarely to Georgia and Florida, and in mild winters 

 it occurs as far north as Prince Edward Island, while in the 

 interior it winters from the Gulf of Mexico to southern On- 

 tario, Lake Michigan, Kansas, northern Colorado, Idaho, 

 British Columbia, and rarely to Unalaska Island and the 

 Pribilof Islands. In winter it reaches northern Mexico and 

 northern Lower California, and also occurs occasionally 

 in the Bermudas. 



