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grations. We secured :i pair taken October 25, 1906. This species 

 has diminished in numbers of late years throughout this section. 



16. QncniiicduJa discors, Blue-winged Teal. 



A common migrant, coming early in fall and remaining late in 

 spring. A few may remain to breed as the residents report. Noted 

 a couple in the dyke ditch May 21, 190G, and May 31, 1907. Gardner 

 reported that a few were seen a day or so before on the marsh. Com- 

 mon from September 1 to October 15, 1906, when we left. This spe- 

 cies does not seem to be diminishing at this end of Lake Erie as re- 

 ported by Fleming for Lake Ontario. (Auk XXIII, 1906, p. 444.) 



17. Mareca americana, Baldpate. 



Reported a fairly common bird during migrations. 



18. * Dap la acnta, Pintail. 



A .regular and fairly common migrant. Have seen it between the 

 dates of September 13, 1906, and November 7, 1906. 



19. * Alx sponsa, Wood Duck. 



This rapidly disappearing species seems to be still far from uncom- 

 mon on the Point. We saw numbers both dead and alive all through 

 September 1905-1906, and Gardner reports taking one November 1 of 

 the latter year. He also captured a winged bird on the marsh De- 

 cember 17. According to the shooters they breed in considerable 

 numbers, though they are most common in spring. This spring 

 (1907) Gardner reports a falling off in numbers. He is perfectly 

 familial' with their breeding habits, and when we asked him as to 

 how the female got her young to the ground from the nest he said 

 that he had several times seen her take the young out of the nest 

 in her bill and deposit them one by one at the bottom of the tree 

 where they crouched motionless while she returned for the next. 

 When all are down, with the. old one in the lead, they make straight 

 for the nearest water. He says that the greatest enemies that the 

 young birds have after they leave the nest are the Snapping-turtles 

 and large Pike that infest the marshes. 



20. * Aytliya americana, Redhead. 



A very common migrant on the ponds, where it feeds on the mass 

 of Wild Celery (YaJlisneria spiralis) growing there. Saunders ob- 

 served them as late as May 31, 1884. In 1906, the first seen 

 by Gardner was October 9, though the year before we took one on 

 the Lake Pond September 9, but as it wa's an injured bird the date 

 is of no migrational importance. October 15, 1906, we saw large rafts 

 of them in the center of the Lake Pond and the last were reported 

 from the Point December 1. 



21. * At/tltya v&llisneria, Canvas-back. 



Not as common as A. americana, but of regular occurrence. Gard- 

 ner reported a number October 13, 1906, and November 16 sent us 

 a specimen. 



