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The late J. W. Skelton, Esq., said that he could 

 remember the time when this species used to occur 

 in large numbers on the common at Laprairie, and 

 Mr. Craig remembers the time when it was not 

 uncommon here during the migratory periods, but 

 the late Dr. Hall gives it as rare, and says he 

 never met with a specimen of this bird, and has 

 never seen but one example of it here. Since then, 

 this district has become .more densely populated and 

 cultivated, which has likely caused this species to 

 cease visiting us during their migrations. 



10. Wild Or Whistling Swan " Cygnus ferus." 

 The specimen mentioned in Dr. Hall's list as 



having been killed opposite Longueuil is still in 

 the museum of the Natural History Society of 

 Montreal. 



" A sportsman shooting on Lake St. Francis says 

 " he saw a sight he never saw before in all the 

 " thirty years he has been shooting on the lake, 

 " namely, five wild swans, but they kept a respect- 

 " ful distance." (Montreal Star, Nov. 10, 1890.) 

 Lake St. Francis is formed by an expansion of the 

 River St. Lawrence, thirty-five miles southwest of 

 Montreal. Length twenty- eight miles, by two miles 

 broad. 



11. Harlequin Duck "Anas histrionica." 



12. Labrador Duck " Anas Labradorica " ; " Fu- 

 ligula Labradorica," Anderson ; " Camptolcemus 

 Labradorus," Gmel., Gray, Baird. 



