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mens at the north end of the same lake, and in July, 1885, ^ 

 female and young were obtained in Kicking Horse Lake, Rocky 

 Mountains. Dr. Richardson named the species from a specimen 

 taken in the Athabasca Pass, and Macfarlane took two speci- 

 mens as far north as Fort Anderson. It is of rare occurrence in 

 Alaska, but young were taken at Chilcat as early as April 24th 

 by Nelson. 



Regular visitor in British Columbia. {Lord.) During the breed- 

 ing season of 1891 I found this duck very abundant on nearly 

 every lake along the Cariboo road ; it has also been taken by Mr. 

 W. B. Anderson at Port Simpson, on the coast of British Colum- 

 bia. {Fannin.) Rare inland except in summer, but common on 

 the coast of British Columbia. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have had eggs sent me which were taken 

 out of a hollow tree at Devil's Lake, near Banff, Rocky Moun- 

 tains. {Raine.) 



MUSEUM specimen. 



One fine male taken on the coast of British Columbia by Mr. 

 John Fannin. 



LVL CHARITONETTA Stejneger. 1885. 



.,153. Buffle-head. Spirit Duck. 



Charitonetta albeola (Linn.) Stejn. 1885. 



One taken in 1827 at Godthavn and another at Frederikshaab 

 in 1891. {Winge^ Rare migrant in Newfoundland and Nova 

 Scotia. Chamberlain says it is a common resident in New Bruns- 

 wick, and supposes it breeds there. Rather common migrant in 

 Quebec and Ontario, and reported by Saunders to breed at St. 

 Clair Flats. This species, like the Golden-eye, prefers the vicinity 

 of lakes and deep ponds and river valleys where there is tim- 

 ber. It is a summer resident in all the forest country from Mani- 

 toba northwesterly to the Rocky Mountains, and according to 

 Ross descends the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Sea. Nelson 

 and Turner report it as a rare bird in Alaska, but more common 

 On the Upper Yukon. Streator, Fannin and Brooks report it 

 common and breeding in British Columbia, and wintering on the 

 coast, and the latter says it winters on Lake Okanagan, B.C. 



Breeding Notes. — Rare in Alberta but bfeeds there. Three 

 downy young were shot June 20th, and five nlore June 22nd, 1896, 

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