VICTORIA, B. C. 20 



Cinnamon Teal (Qner<nn'<lnlu cijaiKtjttcra,, Yieill). 



A summer visitor in the interior of the Province. Taken at 

 Chilliwhack and Okauagan. 



SI-ATULA.' (Boie.) 



Shoveller, Spoon-bill (X/><itnl<i clypeata, Linn). 



Common on Mainland; rarely met with on Vancouver Island. 

 Taken in Lower Fraser Valley about Sumas Lake, and on Okanagan 

 Lake. 



DAFILA. ( Stephens. ) 



Pintail, Sprigtail (Dafila acuta, Linn). 



This is one of the most elegant and graceful of our ducks, either 

 on land or water, walking and swimming, with the long-pointed 

 tail elevated and the thin, sinuous neck swaying in all directions. 

 It is shy and vigilant, but owing to its habit of clustering close in 

 groups about the margins of pools, where the reeds or bush-wood 

 favour approach, it is sometimes slaughtered in numbers with ease; 

 and if the gunner be ready with another barrel, additional birds 

 may usually be procured as they fly off in a compact flock. 



Aix. (Boie.) 



Wood Duck (Aix spona, Linn). 



Not common. A summer resident on Isjand and Mainland. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



AYTHYA. (Boie). 



Red-head Pochard (Aythya americana, Eyt). 



A winter resident on the Coast, but nowhere common. Breeds on 

 the Cariboo Road lakes. 



Canvas-back Duck (Aythya vallisncria, Wils). 



A winter resident on the Coast. Taken on Okanagan Lake and 

 108-Mile House. Breeds near 108-Mile House, Cariboo Road. 



American Scaup Back, Blue-bill (Aythya marila, Linn). 



Abundant on the Coast in winter. Breeds in the interior of 

 Mainland. 



