CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3 



Brunswick {Chamberlain); large flocks seen on Prince Edward 

 island, August 8th, 1888 {Macoup); Beauport, Quebec. {Dion7ie.) 

 Seems to be common in Ontario. It has been taken at Ottawa. 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.); at Mitchell Bay, Lake St. Clair. 

 {Saunders.) Is a regular spring and fall visitor in Ontario. {Mc- 

 Illwraith.) A male of this species was taken on the Ottawa river 

 near Ottawa, Oct. i6th, 1905. Its stomach contents consisted of 

 a bunch of its own feathers. {G. Eifrig.) Spring and fall resid- 

 ent at Toronto, Ont. {Fleming.) Summer resident chiefly of the 

 shallow fish-frequented lakes of northern Manitoba. (_E. T. Seton.) 

 Breeding in great numbers in Waterhen lake and the southern 

 end of Lake Winnipegosis. It is found on most lakes of the 

 prairie region but prefers the lakes in the forest country north of 

 the Saskatchewan. In 1892 it arrived at Indian Head in eastern 

 Saskatchewan on May nth. At that time their stomachs con- 

 tained feathers, water-insects and one a specimen of Amilystoma 

 mavortium seven inches long. It has been found breeding by 

 Macfarlane in Lat. 68° 30', Long. 128° west, so that its breedftig 

 grounds extend from Lat. 50° to the Arctic sea. Nelson states 

 that it breeds on the Yukon and at Norton sound, and Fannin 

 that it breeds throughout northern British Columbia, so- we may 

 conclude that its breeding grounds are co-extensive with the lakes 

 of the northern forest. It is a winter resident along the Pacific 

 coast of British Columbia. On April 27th, 1887, it was seen in 

 large flocks in Nanaimo harbour and along the whole coast to 

 Comox. A few days later they all disappeared. Reported by 

 Brooks to be a common winter resident on Okanagan lake, B. C. 



Common on all lakes from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River 

 Landing, Atha.; one pair seen at Elko, B.C., May 12th, 1904; 

 common at Lake Okanagan, B.C., April, 1903; common andbreed- 

 at Osoyoos lake, B.C., June, 1905 ; common at Douglas, B.C. (coast), 

 April 20th, 1906, bulk had disappeared. May lOth. {Spreadborough.y 

 Abundant and breeding on nearly every pond and lake in Cariboa 

 district, B.C. {Brooks.) A fine adult of this species was taken 

 at Nushagak, Alaska, October 12th, 1881, by McKay. Another 

 was taken at Point Constantine, Bristol bay, Alaska, May 30th, 

 1882. {Osgood.) One male taken at St. Michael, Alaska, Sept.. 

 22nd, 1899. {Bishop.) 



