30 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



Lesser Scaup Duck (Aytltya affinis, Eyt). 



Common on Vancouver Island. Common in Lower Fraser 

 and found all winter on Okanagan Lake. 



Ring-necked Duck (AytJiya collaris, Donov). 



Not common on Vancouver Island. Common in Lower Fraser 

 Valley, and found all winter on Okanagan Lake. 



CLANGULA. ( Leach ) . 



American Gold-eye, Whistler \Clanc/u1a americana, Faxon). 



A common winter resident on the Coast. Taken at Chilliwhack 

 and Okanagan. Breeds in the interior of the Mainland. 



Barrow's Golden-eye (Clangula islandica, Gmel). 



Not common. It winters on the Coast. A few have been taken 

 on Vancouver Island and at Okanagan. Plentiful on the lakes 

 along the Cariboo Eoad during nesting season. 



CHARITONETTA. ( Stejner) . 



Buffle-head, Butter-ball (Charitonetta albeola, Linn). 



An abundant winter resident on the Coast. Breeds in the 

 interior of the Mainland. Common at Metlakatla. 



HARELDA. ( Stephens. ) 



Long-tailed Duck, Old Squaw (Harelda Tiyemalis, Linn). 



Common on the coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack and at Metlakatla. 



HISTRIONICUS. (Lesson). 



Harelquin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus, Linn). 



Common on the Coast. Taken at Bear Kiver, Vancouver 

 Island; and Chilliwhack. Bare on Queen Charlotte Islands. 



DENDROCYGNA. (Swainson.) 



Fulvous Tree Duck (Dendrocygna fulva, Gmel). 

 Taken at New Alberni, Vancouver Island. 



