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and on the way to Fort Simpson, July 9. On the return trip they 

 again found it common near Fort Providence, July 26. After the 

 division of the party I saw the bird daily on the lake near Fort Reso- 

 lution during the latter part of June and the first half of July, and 

 while crossing the lake to the northward noted it nearly every day, 

 finding it especially common among the islands of the Northern Arm, 

 July 23 to 26, and on Lake Marian, July 31. I next noted it among 

 the small lakes north of Lake St. Croix, August 14, when the young 

 were nearly full grown. On most of the lakes from this point north- 

 ward to Great Bear Lake it was common, and numbers were noted 

 nearly every day. A flock containing several hundred molting indi- 

 viduals was seen on Lake Hardisty, August 15, but generally the 

 species was observed in small flocks or family parties. While travel- 

 ing along the southern shore of Great Bear Lake I saw several near 

 McVicar Bay, September 9 and 10, and noted the species almost daily 

 between there and the outlet of the lake. I took a specimen near 

 Manito Islands, September 14, and saw a few near Fort Franklin on 

 September 17, the latest record for Great Bear Lake. While ascend- 

 ing the Mackenzie I noted the species nearly every day between Fort 

 Norman and Fort Wrigley, October 2 to 11, and saw a few between 

 Fort Wrigley and a point about 50 miles below Fort Simpson, Octo- 

 ber 12 to 16. By this time the ice had commenced to run in earnest 

 and most of the ducks able to fly had departed, while nearly all the 

 wounded ones had succumbed to the cold or their enemies. 



In the spring of 1904 I first saw this scoter at Fort Simpson, May 

 13, and on May 18 saw a large flock on the river. I found it common 

 in the vicinity during the remainder of the month, and while descend- 

 ing the Mackenzie noted it between Fort Simpson and Nahanni River, 

 June 2 and 3 ; near the mouth of the Black water, June 9, collecting a 

 male; and between Forts Good Hope and McPherson, June 25 to 

 July 1, noting it daily on the latter stretch. At Fort McPherson I 

 saw the species on July 5, 8, and 16; and on my return trip observed 

 it 50 miles below Fort Good Hope, July 18; near Nahanni River, 

 July 23; and near Fort Providence, July 28. I saw numbers on 

 Great Slave Lake, between Desmarais Islands and Hardisty Island, 

 July 30, and on the lower Slave, August 2. 



Richardson describes a male killed at Fort Franklin ; " Ross lists it 

 as occurring abundantly throughout the Mackenzie River region 

 north to Peel River, and as having been collected at Fort Simpson ; 6 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that MacFarlane found it breed- 

 ing at Fort Anderson; on the lower Anderson River; and on Frank- 

 lin iiay; and that it was reported from Fort Resolution, Fort Rae, 

 Fort Simpson, and La Pierre House. c 



Fauna Boreali-Aniericana, II, p. 449, 1831. 



6 Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 288, 1862. 



c Water Birds N. A., II, pp. 102, 103, 18S4. 



