In Nurtk-West ' 155 



tie UilhY headed duck, iu> doul.t the female was sitting on 

 _T^ in si .in,- hollow tivc in tin- Mutts around tin- Ink-- 

 A clutch of t. n . -^'s in my possession wen- collected at ti 

 lake. May J.'ith IVM>. The nest was found in a hole of a 

 dec.\ t t'l-Min tin- ground, ami th- liol,- was 



1 with feathers ami down. Tin- eggs ar-- greyish-Miff ami 

 average 2.00x1. 4.Y 



I again ti.-d tin ti..r-.- t<> a t'.-m-c ami went and examined a 

 Muff, in hopes of timlin^ soin,- hollow tn-c containing a nest ot' 



tin- initHf-h.-a.l. hooded na^ginnr or suinincr duck, i.ut with 



tin- .-\crj.tion i,f .1 t'. \\ n-.'WN n. -t-> aii-l Crackles, I found noth- 

 ing worthy , .f note. A pair of .louM,--cr-st'l cormorants Hew 

 across th- lak,-. They m-st on some of tin- lar^r lak> 

 Humln-'ls I treed at Elk Island, in Like \Vinni; 

 s. .me make tln-ir nests on low trees, and otl on th.- 



irrotiml. The nests are made of sticks and rushes, ami usually 

 contain thiv, or four eggs, Muish-^n-en in colour, with tin- 



! chalky surface ; tin- si/e averages J.rio.x. 1 

 Thirty miles south .i-t ><\ >ak Like is Whitewater Like, at 

 tin- f'H.t of Turtle Mountain, a ^ood place for tin- sp, .rt-*nian 



: fall of tin- year, u hen this tin.- sheet of \vat red 



with thousands ,,f ducks and geese. A numl.. r of skill's are 

 kept for hire at BoJKse\ain station. N,-ar Whitewater are tin- 

 Tigt-r Hills, haunted l.y moose, black-tailed le.-r. and Mack 

 and Mown I .ears, it also being a good locality for Canada 

 use. Camp outfit must Ke taken, I.ut the sport is said to 

 repay all troiiMe, as ample occupation can be found for Loth 



ritle and shot-^un. This lake, as well as most of the l;t 

 lakes in Manitoha. is plentifully stocked with fine tish. includ- 

 ing heavy mask ike. pickerel, etc.. and they furnish a 

 pleasant change of occupation during weather too warm for 

 game to keep, or when it is desiraM.- to give gun and ritle 

 



tin- bone WM g ith.-r restless, and it wa> 



0'dook, I drove away from tin- lake and afterwards found 1 

 had left a Kasket with sum,, eggs in it <>n tin- shore.. f the 

 Sol w.i I.ut could not find it: fortunately the 



only contained comm 



