84 NORTH AMEEICAN FAUNA. 1:No.22, 



Cape Churchill August 23. A small flock was seen between Robinson 

 Portage and Echimamish River September l-i. 



The species is recorded from Severn River by Forster," and from 

 York Factory by Dr. Bell.* The British Museum Catalogue records 

 a specimen from Repulse Bay collected b}'^ Dr. Rae. 



ftuerquedula discors (Linn.). Blue-winged Teal. 



A specimen from Repulse Bay, collected by Dr. Rae, is recorded in 

 the British Museum Catalogue. Nutting found the species common 

 and collected specimens at Chemawawin, Saskatchewan, in the summer 

 of 1891." 



Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. 



Andrew Murray received this species from Moose Factory and Trout 

 Lake, '' and a specimen collected by James McKenzie at Moose Factory 

 is recorded in the catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum. 

 Seton, on the authority of Bell, records it from Lake Winnipeg..* 

 Nutting reported it common at Chemawawin, Saskatchewan, where he 

 took specimens in 1891.'' 



Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. 



First seen on the ' Barrens,' 50 miles north of York Factory, July 19, 

 when an adult female was taken. Common on the meadows border- 

 ing Button Bay July 31. Hundreds were seen on the shallow ponds 

 of the Barren Grounds, 60 miles below Cape Eskimo, August •! to S, 

 and on our way back to Fort Churchill, August 13 to 19, numbers were 

 seen whenever we landed. At Duck Point, Playgreen Lake, Septem- 

 ber 20, I saw one which had been shot bj' a hunter. Throughout the 

 region the species is called the 'long-necked duck.' 



Murray received the species from Trout Lake and Severa House,*^ 

 and Bell records a specimen from York Factory,-^ and saj's the spe- 

 cies breeds near Norway House.* A specimen taken at Moose Factorv 

 in 1881 is recorded in the catalogue of birds in the U. S. National 

 Museum collection. 



Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck. 



The wood duck is recorded from 'Hudson Ba}',' Moose Factory, and 

 Trout Lake l)v Andrew jNIurray.s' Two specimens collected at Moose 



a Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 419,1772. 



6 Kept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. YI, p. 69c (1880). 



c Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 257, 1893. 



''Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 229, 1859. 



'-Auk, HI, p. 149, 1886. 



/Eept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv. 1882-3-4, App. Ill, p. 55DD (1885). 



ffEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 230, 1859. 



