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22. * Aythya mania, Scaup Duck. 



A common migrant. Reported by Gardner August 31, 190(5. We 

 SM\V a number September 1. Received several specimens from the 

 Point in November tbe same year. Reported common December 1. 

 We saw them as late as .May i:i, l!)()r>, and beard of the presence of 

 "Bluebills" May 20, 1907. This species is locally known as "Lake 

 lUnebills" by the shooters. 



23. *Ai/tlii/(i a ffin in, Lesser Scaup Duck. 



A common migrant, locally called "Marsh Bluebill." We had speci- 

 mens sent us November 7, 1900, and it was reported December 1. 

 A fe\v remain all summer, but they are likely cripples or unmated 

 birds. 



24. * Aytluja collar is, Ring-necked Duck. 



Gardner states that this duck occurs in limited numbers especially 

 hi spring. He sent us a male taken November 16, 1906. (Auk. 

 XXIV, 1907, p. 139.) 



LM. Clangula clanf/nla atncricana, American Golden-eye. 



Reported to be a common migrant. We saw a male bird May 13, 

 19<ir>, and it was reported by Gardner September 13, 1906. 

 26. *Charitonctta albeola, Buffle-head. 



A common migrant. We saw none during our October visits, but 

 had a number sent us November 7 and 16, 1906. Gardner reported 

 about twenty December 1 the same year. 

 '21. lltirclilii liiicnialix, Old Squaw. 



A bed of about fifty lay out in the lake -near the nest stakes May 

 13, l!Mir>. Mr. Gruhh said that they had been there for several weeks. 

 A number remain during open winters. Locally termed "Coween," 

 "Soutli-southerlies" and "Sou-easterlies." 

 28. *Erismatura jninaicciixis, Ruddy Duck. 



Observed on the ponds by Saunders June 10, 1884. We secured a 

 crippled bird on the Lake Pond September 12, 1905, but regarded it 

 as a "left-over" from the previous migration. Gardner reported a 

 number October 13, 1906, and about fifty December 1. He sent us a 

 female November 7. 

 2!). *r//n/. lii/ix'i'horca, Lesser Snow Goose. 



An immature bird was shot near the base of the Point October 17, 

 1905, by Sidney Stanlick, of Leamington, and secured by Taverner. 

 1 1 was very poor and an injured foot bespoke a recent injury. (See 

 Auk, XXIII, 1906, p. 219.) 



Gardner reports that in November. 1906, after the marsh bad frozen 

 over there were eight white geese seen in the fields at the base of 

 the Point, but they were harried so at long range that they became 

 so wild that no one succeeded in taking any of them. They doubtless 

 belonged to this species. 



