86 NORTH AMEKICAN FAUNA. [No. 22, 



Clangula islandica (Gmel.). Barrow Golden-ej'e. 



Bell intimates that this species, as well as the common golden-eye, 

 is found on Hudson Bay." Seton, on the authority of R. H. Hunter, 

 records it from Lake Manitoba, Shoal Lake, and the mouth of Red 

 River, Manitoba.' 



Charitonetta albeola (Linn.). BuiHe-head. 



We saw an adult male on Red River, between Winnipeg and West 

 Selkirk, June 14, and an immature bird on Hill River, near Swampy 

 Lake, September 5. 



The species is recorded b^- Forster from Severn River,'' by Murray 

 from Severn House, Moose Factory, and Trout Lake,*^ and by Clarke 

 from Fort Churchill.^ It probably ranges throughout southern 

 Keewatin. 



Harelda hyemalis (Linn.). Old-squaw. 



Though not observed by us, this species has been recorded from a 

 number of localities on the west shore of Hudson Bay. Edwards 

 figured a 'Long-tailed Duck from Hudson's Bay ;'-^' Forster recorded 

 the species from Churchill River;!? and Richardson described speci- 

 mens killed at Winter Island, Melville Peninsula, on Parry's second 

 voyage.* Rae speaks of finding this species breeding on an island off 

 Knaps River,' and collected a specimen at Repulse Bay which is 

 recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. jNIurray recorded the 

 species from Severn House; '^ Clarke, an adult pair in summer plumage 

 from Fort Churchill;-' and Bell, a specimen from York Factory.* 



Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). Harlequin Duck. 



Forster recorded a specimen from the Hudson Bay region;' Blakis- 

 ton saj'S he examined one at York Factory;"' and the catalogue of 

 birds in the U. S. National Museum collection records a specimen 

 taken in James Bay August 3, 1860. 



Camptolaimus labradorius (Gmel.). Labrador Duck. 



Joseph Sabine includes A/ias lahradoria among the species which at 

 that time were found on Hudson Bay and its vicinity, but which were 



«Proc. Eoyal Soc. Canada, 1882, I, Sec. IV, p. 50 (1883). 

 6 Auk, III, p. 328, 1886. 

 f Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 417, 1772. 

 f'Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 230, 1859. 

 «Auk, VII, p. -320, 1890. 

 / Nat. Hist. Ill, pi. 156, 1750. 

 s/Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 418, 1772. 



''Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 373, 1825 (1827). 

 » Xarrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea. p. 22, 1850. 

 ) Auk, VII, p. 320, 1890. 



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

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

 m Ibis, V, p. 149, 1863. 



