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BULLETIN 794, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Club, at the eastern end of Red Deer Lake ; Fremont Club, western 

 end of Red Deer Lake ; Long Pine Club, eastern end of North Marsh 

 Lake ; Johnstown Club, eastern end of Middle Marsh Lake ; Council 

 Bluffs Club, southern side of South Marsh Lake; Hackberry Hunt- 

 ing Club, western end of Hackberry Lake ; Valentine Hunting Club, 

 northern side of Molly Marsh Lake; Dewey Lake Hunting Club, 

 western end of Dewey Lake ; and Wood Lake Hunting Club, north- 

 ern side of Dewey Lake. 



Throughout this part of eastern Cherry County the level of many 

 of the larger lakes was considerably higher in October, 1915, than 

 in the previous June; and there were many additional ponds and 

 smaller lakes scattered throughout the country. As a consequence, 

 several of the large lakes, which under ordinary circumstances have 

 no outlet, were discharging in a stream of considerable volume. This 

 will have a considerable and more or less permanent effect upon the 

 character of the water in these lakes, some of which by isolation 

 had become rather strongly alkaline and thereby less attractive than 

 before to waterfowl. Water birds, particularly ducks, were numer- 

 ous throughout these lakes, more so than they had been for several 

 years past at this time, notwithstanding the fact that comparatively 

 few northern ducks were present during the time of our visit. There 

 was not so much hunting, apparently, as usual at this time of year, 

 though at many of the lakes parties were out every day. 



Observations were conducted in this group of lakes from June 3 

 to June 18 and from October 5 to October 12, 1915. 



Water Bibds Obseeved Jv^e 3-18, 1915. 



GAME BIRDS. 



Hooded merganser. 

 Mallard. 

 Gadwall. 

 Baldpate. 



Green-winged teal. 

 Blue-winged teal. 

 Shoveller. 

 Pintail. 

 Redhead. 

 Canvas-back. 

 Ring-necked duck. 

 Ruddy duck. 

 Virginia rail. 

 Florida gallinule. 

 American coot. 

 Western willet. 

 Upland plover. 

 Long-billed curlew. 



NONGAME BIRDS. 



Horned grebe. 

 American eared grebe. 

 Pied-billed grebe. 

 Forster tern. 

 Black tern. 

 American bittern. 

 Great blue heron. 

 Black-crowned night heron. 

 Wilson phalarope. 

 Spotted sandpiper. 

 Killdeer. 



