[08 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



One specimen procured at York Factory, Hudson Bay, by Dr. 

 R. Bell. Of this species we have seven eggs. Three of these were 

 :aken at Cape Prince of Wales, Hudson Strait, in 1885, by Mr. F. 

 F. Payne, one on Cary Island, Baffin Bay, and a set of three, one 

 large and two small, taken at Nachvak, Labrador, by Mr. G. 

 Forde, in 1897. 



LXH. OIPEMIA Fleming. 1822. 



163. American Scoter. 



Oidemia americana Swains. 1831. 



Obtained at the mouth of the Koaksoak River. Abundant in 

 Hudson Strait and on the eastern shore of Labrador, where it is 

 reported to breed sparingly. (Turner^ Common throughout the 

 y/'ear around Newfoundland. {Reeks.) A common migrant in Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs.) An uncommon spring and autumn migrant at 

 St. John, New Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) Passed north of Lake 

 Mistassini, Northern Quebec, May 15th, 1885. {J. M. Macoun.) 

 Common in June, 1896, from Cape Jones to Richmond Gulf, 

 Hudson Bay. {Spreadborough.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. 

 [Wright.) Not uncommon on the Gulf of St. Lawrence and up 

 the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. 



Casual on Lake Ontario and lakes Huron and Erie. It is 

 not rare in Manitoba, but never breeds, passing to the north for 

 that purpose. We have no detailed account of its breeding- 

 grounds in the east but believe they are around Hudson Bay. 

 Richardson says this species frequents Hudson Bay, breeding 

 between the 50th and 60th parallels. Macfarlane says it undoubt- 

 sdly breeds in the Anderson River countr}', although he never 

 received any well authenticated eggs. 



Along the Alaskan shores of Behring Sea and Kotzebue Sound 

 these Scoters are abundant summer residents. They breed 

 ibundantly about the mouth of the Yukon and other suitable 

 localities around the various islands. {Nelson.) This species 

 areeds at St. Michael, but more abundantly further up the coast ; 

 imong the Aleutian Islands it is to be found throughout the year. 

 {Turner.) It is not a common visitor in British Columbia, but it 



