i2 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Breeding Notes. — Breeding in suitable places throughout the 

 lorthwest. (Difipie.) Breeds throughout Manitoba and Assiniboia. 

 [ found a nest containing eggs at Crane Lake, Assiboinia, 

 [une 5th, 1893. It is not so plentiful as the Blue-winged Teal. 

 [Raine.) 



Dall notes this species as one of the first arrivals on the Yukon 

 in spring, and one of the first to lay its eggs. One set of eggs 

 ivas taken from a nest of dry grass in a sedge tussock, on May 

 20th, at Nulato. (Nelson.) 



This species was breeding in great numbers in willow thickets 

 md* sparsely wooded ground around Edmonton, Alberta, in the 

 spring of 1897. The nests were hard to find as they were far 

 iway from water. The first arrivals were about April 17th and 

 ay the 24th these birds were common. On May 25th found a nest 

 in a clump of willows about a quarter of a mile from water. Nest 

 made of grass lined with down. It contained nine eggs, quite 

 Eresh. Another nest of the same character was found under a log, 

 an June ist, about 150 yards from water. This nest contained 

 seven fresh eggs. {Spreadborough.') 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three specimens, one taken at Toronto, by Mr. S. Herring, in 

 1886; and a pair taken by Spreadborough at Indian Head, Assa., 

 in 1892. 



Of eggs, we have two sets of seven and nine respectively, taken 

 at Edmonton, Alberta, in the spring of 1897, by Spreadborough. 



L. QUERQUEDULAl. Stephens. 1824. 

 140. Blue-winged Teal. 



Querquedula discors (Linn.) Stephens. 1824. 



This is a rare bird in Newfoundland and in Nova Scotia, except 

 in the autumn migrations. Chamberlain says it is a common 

 summer resident near St. John, New Brunswick. It seems to be 

 moderately common in Quebec and Ontario during the migra- 

 tions, and a few pairs are reported still to breed on the St. Clair 

 Flats. Wintle says a few may probably breed near Montreal. 



Thompson says it is very abundant in Manitoba, and our own 

 observations show that it is so westward as well, but it becomes 



