GENERAL CONTENTS. Xlll 



Spring Return in Pairs Habit of Feeding by Day Fondness 

 for the Valisneria The Dusky Duck Peculiar to North America 

 Non-Migratory Description of Female The Wood-Duck -= 

 Singular Habit of frequenting Trees Nest and Eggs Carrying 

 Young Latitudes of Easily domesticated Oceanic Ducks The 

 Eider Duck Plumage Female The Surf Scoter Peculiar to 

 America The Velvet Scoter Difference between Male and Female 

 The Ruddy Duck Colour of Plumage Peculiar Form of Bill 

 Different Colour of Female The Pied-Duck Inferiority of Flesh 

 The Scaup Nature of Food Origin of Name Difficulty of ap- 

 proaching The American Scaup Not mentioned by Naturalists 

 Difference between this and former Bird Comparative Scarcity 

 The Ring-necked Duck Confounded with Tufted Duck Colour 

 of Plumage The Buffle-headed Duck Instantaneous Diving of 

 Difficult to Kill Colour and Markings Irregular Migration Dif- 

 ference in Female Found in Great Britain The Harlequin Duck 

 Abundant in Gulf of St. Lawrence Breeding Places Neatness 

 of Nest Incubation Males in Flocks Excellent Flesh Beauty of 

 Appearance Size of Female Seen in England The Canvas-back 

 Duck Well-known Delicacy The Valisneria favourite food 

 Resorts of Canvas-back Colour and Markings Compared with 

 Pochard Appearance in Canada Numbers killed Methods of 

 Shooting Accompanied by Widgeon The Red-headed Duck 

 Similarity to Canvas-back The Long-tailed Duck Irregular Ap- 

 pearance of Inferiority of Flesh Tail-feathers Common in Scot- 

 land in Winter The Smew Handsome Appearance Hooded 

 Merganser A North American Species Strikingly marked 

 Smaller Size of Female Red-breasted Merganser Goosander 

 Its wary Habits Diving . " . . pp. 185 239 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Fisheries of Canada Imperfectly known in this Country Their 

 great Extent and Value Number of Salmon Rivers Large Trade 

 in Dried and Salted Fish Their Exportation Immense Takes 

 Importance of the lesser Waters Variety of Fish in the Lakes and 

 Rivers Former greater Abundance of Fish Causes of the Diminu- 

 tion Legislative Protection Revival of the Fisheries Great Con- 

 sumption of Eels Torchlight Spearing .... pp. 245 252 



