654 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



EKISMATUEA EUBIDA, ( Wils.) Bp. 



EuDDY Duck. 



(3ommon, and breeding in suitable localities throughout the region. 

 At Turtle Mountain, it was nesting in numbers in the pools, where the 

 young were observed, still unable to fly, the latter part of July and 

 eaxly in August. [Several specimens of various ages were secured. 



List of specimens. 



MERGUS CUOULLATUS, Linn. 



Hooded Merganser. 



This is the only species of the genus actually observed by the Com- 

 mission, though the other two doubtless also occur, at least during the 

 migrations. It breeds in this region. 



PELECAl^US TBACHYEHYNCHUSj Lath. 



White Pelican. 



An old female, in sickly condition, was shot irom the steamer as we 

 iieared Pembina, and I heard of one or two other specimens shot on the 

 Eed Eiver about this point in May. The species was only once again 

 observed, namely, at La Eiviere de Lac, near Mouse Eiver, early in 

 September. A few individuals were seen, but the locality did not 

 appear to be a breeding-place, nor did I find any such elsewhere. 



List of specimens. 



* stomach contained about fifty crawfish (Oamhams ctmesi Streets) ; pooch diseased, from attacks of 



parasites. 



