DUCK AND THEIR HABITAT 24"^ 



resort of the wood duck, red-head, teal, pintail and 

 mallard. 



On the French River we found the wood duck, 

 and all through Temagami district. 



Algonquin Park being a reserve, it serves the 

 purpose of replenishing the stock on the outskirts, 

 where shooting is permissible. 



Through the province of Manitoba, Saskatchewan 

 and Alberta, the lakes and marshes teem with flocks 

 of wild duck. Travelling on the Canadian Northern 

 Railway, between Edmonton and Winnipeg, I saw 

 some of them drop to the sportman's gun. 



Where the prairies begin to pass into the foot- 

 hills and detached lakes, and sinuous rivers intersect 

 the plain, wildfowl were almost the only living 

 creatures to be seen. They were dotted over the 

 water, and from thence to Vancouver they are to 

 be found almost everywhere on the lakes and 

 rivers between the hills. 



Of the duck throughout the Dominion, the follow- 

 ing species may be enumerated. 



The wood duck, Aix spona, which derives its 

 name from its habit of building its nest in the 

 hollow of trees. I came across it on Lake Erie, 

 and the Vedder River at Chiliwack. 



The pintail, Dafila acuta, is one of the most 

 interesting and graceful of wild fowl from the natural 

 history point of view. It has a long slender tail, 

 ending in a sharp point, and a thin neck, full of 



