GENERAL CONTENTS. XIU 



— Spring Return in Pairs — Habit of Feeding by Day — Fondness 

 for the Valisneria — The Dusky Duck — Peculiar to North America — 

 Non-Migratory — Description of Female — The Wood-Duck — 

 Singular Habit of frequenting Trees — Nest and Eggs — Carrying 

 Young — Latitudes of — Easily domesticated — Oceanic Ducks — The 

 Eider Duck — Plumage — Female — The Surf Scoter — Peculiar to 

 America — The Velvet Scoter — Difference between Male and Female 

 — The Ruddy Duck — Colour of Plumage — Peculiar Form of BiU — 

 Different Colour of Female — The Pied-Duck — Inferiority of Flesh — 

 The Scaup — Nature of Food — Origin of Name — Difficulty of ap- 

 proaching — The American Scaup — ^Not mentioned by Naturalists — 

 Difference between this and former Bird — Comparative Scarcity — 

 The Ring-necked Duck — Confounded with Tufted Duck — Colour 

 of Plumage — The Buffle-headed Duck — ^Instantaneous Diving of — 

 Difficult to KUl — Colour and Markings — Irregular Migration — ^Dif- 

 ference in Female — ^Found in Great Britain — The Harlequin Duck 

 — ^Abundant in Gulf of St. Lawrence — Breeding Places — ^Neatness 

 of Nest— Incubation — Males in Flocks — Excellent Flesh — ^Beauty of 

 Appearance — Size of Female — Seen in England — The Canvas-back 

 Duck — ^Well-known Delicacy — The Valisneria favourite food — 

 Resorts of Canvas-back — Colour and Markings — Compared with 

 Pochard — ^Appearance in Canada — Numbers kUled — ^Methods of 

 Shooting — ^Accompanied by Widgeon — The Eed-headed Duck — 

 Similarity to Canvas-back — The Long-tailed Duck — ^Irregular Ap- 

 pearance of — Inferiority of Flesh — Tail-feathers — Common in Scot- 

 land in Winter — The Smew — Handsome Appearance — Hooded 

 Merganser — A North American Species — Strikingly marked — 

 Smaller Size of Female — Red-breasted Merganser — Goosander — 

 Its wary Habits — Diving pp. 185 — 239 



criAPTRi; IX. 



The Fisheries of Canada — Imperfectly known in this Country — Their 

 great Extent and Value — Number of Salmon Rivers — Large Trade 

 in Dried and Salted Fish — Their Exportation — Immense Takes — 

 Importance of the lesser Waters — Variety of Fish in the Lakes and 

 Rivers — Former greater Abundance of Fish — Caiises of the Diminu- 

 tion — Legislative Protection — Revival of the Fisheries — Great Con- 

 sumption of Eels — Torchlight Spearing .... pp. 245 — 252 



