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Anas carolinensis. — The Green-winged Teal are the most 

 numerous ducks in the early fall, and are in fairly good con- 

 dition. They are very tame, allowing one to approach within 

 sixteen or twenty yards, and in consequence a large number are 

 killed. 



Anas discors. — The Blue-winged Teal are far more scarce, 

 only one specimen being obtained. 



Spatula clypeata. — The Shoveller is often taken in the fall, 

 but in very poor condition. 



Ay thy a americana. — In southern Ontario the Red Head is 

 found in November and on into the winter, but at Port Arthur 

 it was only seen during the second week of September, and very 

 few persons ever saw them earlier. I secured four specimens in 

 very poor plumage. 



Ay thy a marila nearctica, Aytliya affinis. — The scaup ducks 

 are common during the second and third week in September, 

 but are in poor condition. 



Glaucionetta clangula americana. — The Whistler is sometimes 

 seen in November, and is fairly common all winter. 



Charitonetta albeola. — The Buffle-head is seldom seen in 

 the fall, but is common in the spring. 



Clangula hyemalis. — The Cowheen is sometimes found in 

 the winter, but not very plentifuly. 



Histrionieus histrionicus. — I secured a female Harlequin 

 Duck out of a flock of Baldpate on September 19th, the only 

 specimen I met with. 



Oidemia deglandi, Oidemia perspicillata. — The Scoters are 

 said to be abundant all winter. 



Branta canadensis. — While going up the P. A. D. & W. 

 Railway, we passed a flock of about twenty Canada Geese, 

 within about thirty yards of the track, on Iron Range Lake, 

 about sixty-five miles south-west of Port Arthur. They did 

 not seem in any way alarmed at the train. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. — The American Bittern is fairly 

 common from May till September. 



Ardea herodias. — Fairly common around the small lakes. 



Grus mexicana. — On September 27th a Sand Hill Crane was 



