250 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Yol. VI. 



Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Quite a number of specimens were ob- 

 tained at Grapevine Springs, near Spring Mountain, where the Pai-Ute 

 Indians had erected brush tents, from which they could shoot such 

 water- fowl as frequented the locality. 



Aix sponsa (Linn.) Boie.— Wood Duck ; Summer Duck. 



One pair of this superb Duck was seen in July, among the cotton- 

 woods of the Truckee. — {Ridgway.) 



Fulix marila (Linn.) Baird. — Scaup Duck. 

 Wmter visitant to Pyramid hake.— {Ridgway.) 



Fulix affinis (Eyt.) Baird.— Little Blackhead. 

 Winter visitant to Pyramid Jjake.— {Ridgway.) 



Fulix collaris (Donov.) Baird.— Eing-billed Blackhead. 

 Pyramid Lake in December. — {Ridgway.) 



JEJthyia vallisneria (Wils.) Boie. — Canvas-back. 



Abundant during the winter at Pyramid Lake and the marshes. 

 Breeds in the same locality. 



JEthyia americana (Eyt.) Bp. — Eedhead. 



Mr. Ridgway says: "In winter this is an abundant species on the 

 lakes of the Great Basin. It and the preceding species are frequently 

 used by the Paiute Indians in making very artistic and elaborate decoys, 

 which have a body of bent and twisted dry tules {Scirpus), with the skin 

 stretched over it, the head prepared and poised in a style equal to that 

 of the most accomplished taxidermist. The floating decoy is anchored 

 by a stone tied to a string, the other end of which is fastened to the 

 bill." 



Clangula glaucium americana (Bp.) Ridgw. — American Golden-eye. 

 Pyramid Lake in December. — {Ridgway.) 



Clangula albeola (Linn.) Steph. — Butterball ; Bufflehead. 



Winter resident on the lakes and larger rivers of the interior. — {Ridg- 

 way.) 



Frismatura ruhida (Wils.) Bp. — Euddy Duck. 



Mr. Eidgway obtained but a single individual ($) at Pyramid Lake 

 in December, being the only one seen. 



Mergus merganser americanus (Cass.) Eidgw. — American Sheldrake. 

 Truckee and Carson Eivers, during the winter. — {Ridgway.) 



Mergus serrator Linn. — Eed-breasted Sheldrake. 



Truckee Eiver and Pyramid Lake, in December. — {Ridgway.) 



