1926] Swarth: Birds and Mammals from the Atlin Region 67 



fourths the size of their parent. Small patches of pale-colored down 

 on the sides of, the head were all that remained of the young plumage. 

 The young were as yet unable to fly. 



On June 14 six adult males were seen together, first evidence of 

 the impending departure of the drakes, and during the next few days 

 southward flying flocks were noted over Lake Atlin and elsewhere. No 

 old drakes were seen during the latter part of the summer. One shot 

 on June 30 was beginning to molt into the eclipse plumage. 



Golden-eyes were seen on Lake Teslin, September 11, and there were 

 a few still on Lake Como on September 19. 



Six specimens collected, the adult male mentioned above, and five 

 downy young, from two broods of different ages (nos. 44637-44642) . 



Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus). Bufde-head 

 Seen at Carcross, May 22 and 24. Not otherwise observed. 



Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus W. S. Brooks 



Western Harlequin Duck 



Breeds in small numbers and at widely scattered intervals through- 

 out the region, where the species generally passes by the name of 

 ' ' wood duck. ' ' Two were seen on Lake Atlin, June 20. On September 1 

 a brood was encountered at "Bdue Canon," and two were collected, 

 an adult female and a young male (nos. 44643-44644). The female 

 had finished the annual molt and the young were full grown. On 

 September 7 a brood was seen in the rushing water of Consolation 

 Creek, near Gladys Lake. 



Oidemia deglandi dixoni W. S. Brooks. Dixon White-winged Scoter 



At Carcross, May 24 to 26, white-winged scoters were arriving in 

 numbers from the coast. The flights occurred in the evenings, when 

 flock after flock appeared from over the snowy mountain barrier to 

 the westward. They circled about overhead, a few individuals uttering 

 harsh quacks at infrequent intervals; some flocks dropped down to 

 rest in the nearby lakes, while others, after many aerial evolutions, 

 eventually speeded on farther into the interior. 



In the Atlin region there was a colony of this species established at 

 Lake Como, but we saw none during the summer on any of the smaller 

 lakes. Just how many pairs nested could not be accurately determined. 



