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They were quite wild, and flew upon close approach, while 

 the native ducks remained. 



Three were next seen by Mr. Hunter on March 6, as they 

 were flying about the large salt lagoon near Villamil, Albe- 

 marle Island. On August 22 a male and a female were seen 

 three or four times during the forenoon in that locality. They 

 were very wary, however, and always kept out of shot-gun 

 range. The next day a very long wing-shot brought down a 

 drake. A little later in the day half a dozen were found feeding 

 in a lagoon about half a mile from the sea, and a second bird 

 was shot, but lost in a mangrove thicket. The people at Villa- 

 mil readily distinguished this species from the Bahama Pintail, 

 and had a name for each. They said that the Blue-winged 

 Teal occurred there regularly every year. 



The drake (No. 2336 C. A. S.) taken on August 23 was in 

 practically full plumage, including new primaries. The rec- 

 trices and many of the feathers of the abdomen, however, 

 were old and worn. 



On August 10, 1905, a wing-tipped female Shoveller {Spa- 

 tula- clypeata), No. 2337 C. A. S., was shot in the brackish 

 lagoon of Clipperton Island, Mexico. The specimen was in 

 moult, new feathers appearing in the breast, abdomen, crissum, 

 rump, and back. The primaries had not been moulted. 



According to Mr. Beck, ducks occur in considerable num- 

 bers at Clipperton Island during the northern winter. He 

 visited the island on November 19, 1901. "Several hundred 

 ducks were seen, the majority being of the following species : 

 Dailla acuta (Pintail) ; Mareca Americana (Bald pate) ; 

 Querquedula discors (Blue-winged Teal) ; Spatula clypeata 

 (Shoveller) ; and a single Fuligula vallisneria (Canvasback)." 

 He also reports seeing two specimens of Fidica americana. 

 On Cocos Island, Costa Rica, on January 26, 1902, he shot 

 one Querquedida discors and saw two more.^ 



Nannopterum harrisi: Flightless Cormorant 



Plate IV 



Albemarle and Narborough islands. 



With a more restricted range than any other water-bird in 

 the archipelago, the Flightless Cormorant frequents the coast 



^Condor, v. 9, p. 110. 



