572 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



ANAS BOSCHAS. Uncommon. 



A. OBSCUEA. This duck is very common here. It is truly a northern 

 species. It breeds in the swamps adjacent to this city. 



DAFILA ACUTA. Common in spring : a few visit us in the fall. 



NETTION CAROLINENSIS. Common. Breeds. 



QUERQUEDULA DISCORS. Uncommon. 



SPATULA CLYPEAT A. Uncommon. 



MARECA AMERICANA. The adult bird is seldom seen in this latitude. 



AIX SPONSA. Sometimes common. Breeds. 



FULIX MARILA. The young are abundant on the St. Lawrence during 

 autumn. They breed north-west of Quebec. 



F. AFFINIS. Occasional specimens are shot at Sorel and Three Rivers. 

 It is more abundant in Western Canada. 



F. COLLARIS. Occasional. 

 AYTHYA AMERICANA. Occasional. 



BUCEPHALA AMERICANA. Very common in spring and fall. Breeds 

 in Canada. 



B. ISLANDICA. Adult birds are occasionally shot on the lakes. The 

 young are abundant on the St. Lawrence during the early part of winter. I 

 have seen the adult on Lac a la Philip in July. 



B. ALBEOLA. Common in spring and fall. 



HISTRIONICUS TORQUATUS- Common on the north shore of the St. 

 Lawrence. A beautiful adult male was shot in the spring, on the Montmo- 

 renci River, near Quebec. 



HARELDA GLACIALIS. Occasional near Quebec. Common on the 

 upper lakes in spring and fall. 



PELIONETTA PERSPICILLATA. Very common in the fall at MilM 

 Vaches, lower St. Lawrence. 



SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. Common on the north shore of the St. 

 Lawrence. Breeds on islands in the river below the Saguenay. 



MERGUS AMERICANUS. Common. Breeds. 

 M. SERRATOR. Common in spring and fall. " . 



LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS. Adult is occasionally seen. Young visit 

 the St. Lawrence in the fall. Breeds on the margins of northern lakes. 



LARUS ARGENTATUS. Common on the St. Lawrence in spring and 

 fall. Breeds on our mountain lakes. 



