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nest has been found at Gananoque lake, and one is recorded from 

 a marsh at the west end of Amherst island, Lake Ontario. (Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) 



A few pairs of this species breed in the marshes at Lake St. Clair; 

 nests have also been taken at Rondeau, Lake Erie. (W. Saunders.) 



Only one pair was observed in Labrador, at Clearwater lake, 

 July nth, 1896. They were evidently breeding. This species 

 was common at Edmonton, Alberta, in the spring of 1897. It 

 was first observed on April 28th, and was common by May 2nd. 

 On May 19th found a nest far from water, built exactly like that of 

 the green-winged teal. It contained two fresh eggs. Bird shot as 

 she rose from the nest. Noted at the mouth of Lesser Slave river 

 and on the Peace river, Atha. Seen at several places east and west 

 of Midway, B.C. in 1902 and 1903. (Spreadborougk.) 



A nest of this species was taken June 14th, 1896, at Burnt (Swan) 

 lake, Alberta. It was in a hollow in a tuft of grass, lined with a fine 

 grass and down, about twenty yards from edge of water. Nest 

 contained twelve eggs, now in the museum at Ottawa. (Dippie.) 



141. Cinnamon Teal. 



Qtierquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.) Cassin. 1855. 



A very rare straggler in Manitoba, only a few specimens having 

 been taken in fifteen years residence. {R. H. Hunter.) Two or three 

 specimens seen near Crane lake, Sask. in 1905. (A. C. Bent.) 



Kermode, Fannin, Lord and Brooks say it is a regular summer 

 Ansitor in British Columbia. Only two specimens came under our 

 notice on the prairies. These were in southwestern Alberta, near 

 the mountains. 



In the smaller and more retired woodland lakes along the Cariboo 

 road above CUnton, B.C., I frequently flushed the cinnamon teal. 

 Mr. D. McKinley, Lac la Hiche says the "red teal" breeds sparingly 

 in that neighbourhood every year. (Rhoads.) 



LI. SPATULA BoiK. 1822. 



142. Shoveller. Spoon-bill. 



Spatula clypeata. (Linn.) Boie. 1822. 

 This species is a summer migrant in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, 

 New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, but we have no record of its 



