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tion, well concealed in a dry place among the rocks, perhaps ten 

 feet above the water ; this one contained ten eggs, and was pre- 

 cisely as the first. This species is very common on the Magdalen 

 Islands in summer. I saw numbers of them in June, 1897, and 

 obtained fresh eggs on the 22nd of that month. They select 

 there an island or dry spot around the brackish pools at the north- 

 east point of the island, and the eggs were deposited in precisely 

 the same way as those found on Lake Ontario. (Rev. C.J. Young.) 



This bird builds a nest of dry grass, warmly lined with down 

 and feathers. The eggs, nine or more in number, are of a creamy 

 buff colour. From a nest situated at the Lake of the Woods, ten 

 young were successfully hatched on the 20th June, 1897, the 

 young birds were as large as a quail. {G. R. JVkiU.) 



Several nests of this, not particularly numerous Merganser, 

 were obtained in the vicinity of Fort Anderson, and also in the 

 wooded parts on both sides of the river, north and south of the 

 post. One was found on the borders of the " Barrens," to the 

 east, under a fallen tree, close to a small lake. It was a scooped- 

 out hole, lined with feathers and down and contained six eggs. 

 Ten was the maximum number taken in a nest. (Macfarlane.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One taken in Toronto marsh by Mr. S. Herring and two others 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough in the harbour at Victoria, B.C., January 

 25th, 1890. Mr. A. P. Low took several nests of this species on 

 the borders of small lakes in Labrador in June, 1894. The eggs 

 are in the Museum. 



XLIV. LOPHODYTES Reichenbach. 1852. 

 '131. Hooded Merganser. 



Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.) Reich. 1852. 



This species is reported as a spring and autumn migrant along 

 the Atlantic coast from New Brunswick to Labrador as well as 

 in Quebec and Ontario. We have no records of its breeding in 

 any of these provinces, except that an Ottawa writer says it is 

 " known to breed ;" and Mr. Elliott, of Plover Mills, Middlesex 

 Co., Ont., reports that a male flew out of the woods on the 28th 

 June, 1889, and alighted on Plover Pond, and from this fact 

 believes it breeds in southwestern Ontario. 



