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65. Ring-necked Duck. 



Aythya coUaris (DoNOV.). 



Not common. A few have been taken on Vancouver Island. Mr. Brooks 

 says common in Lower Fraser Valley, and is found all winter on Okanagan 

 Lake. 



CLANGULA Leach. 



66. American Golden-eye. Whistler. 



Clangula clangula americana (Faxon.) 



A common winter resident on the coast. Fannin says breeds in interior. 

 Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack and Okanagan. 



67. Barrow's Golden-eye. 



Clangula islandica (Gmel.). 



Not common. It winters on the coast ; a few have been taken on 

 Vancouver Island. Brooks has taken it at Okanagan. Fannin found it 

 plentiful on the lakes along the Cariboo Road, May, 1891. 



OHARITONETTA Stbjnegbe. 



68. Buffle-head. Butter-ball. 



Charitonetta alheola (Linn.). 



An abundant winter resident on the coast. Breeds in the interior of the 

 Mainland. Common at Metlakatla. [Rev. J. H. Keen.) 



HARELDA Stephens. 



69. Long-tailed Duck. Old Squaw. 



Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). 



Common ; the coasts of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Brooks has 

 taken it at Chilliwhack. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it common at Metla- 

 katla. 



HISTRIONIOUS Lesson. 



70. Harlequin Duck. 



Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). 



A common resident on the coast. I found it breeding at Bear River, 

 Vancouver Island, May, 1894. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Rare 

 at Queen Charlotte Islands. (Rev. J. li. Keen.) 



