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Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus) 

 Hooded Merganser 

 A single bird, an adult female, taken at Errington, May 23 

 (no. 15552). 



Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 

 Mallard 

 A nest containing nine eggs was discovered by Miss Alexander 

 at Errington, on May 21. On May 24 the nest was deserted and 

 the eggs gone, though the old bird was still seen in the vicinity. 

 Four were seen swimming together on several occasions at Central 

 Lake, August 18 to 22. At Errington on September 2 and 22 

 flocks of eight or ten were flushed from a little lake in the woods. 



Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) 

 Green-winged Teal 

 Small flocks and some single birds seen at Errington during 

 the latter half of September. Two were shot on September 22, 

 and the skeleton of one of them preserved (no. 15549). 



Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus) 

 Buffle-head 

 Only two females, seen at Delia Lake, August 20. 



Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus) 



Harlequin Duck 



Three seen in the Tahsis Canal, Nootka Sound, on July 24. 



Ardea herodias fannini Chapman 

 Northwestern Blue Heron 

 Apparently fairly common, as a few individuals were seen at 

 all suitable points visited. Miss Kellogg saw one on the Little 

 Qualicum River, May 10, and secured an adult female at the 

 same place, May 13 (no. 15554). I saw one feeding on the beach 

 between Nanaimo and Parksville on June 8. In the vicinity of 

 our camp at Beaver Creek they were occasionally seen flying over- 

 head or feeding about the ponds and streams, and an adult male 



