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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



196. Olor Americanus ; Whistling Swan. 

 Occurs regularly at St. Clair and other suitable 

 places. 



197. Olor buccinator; Trumpeter Swan. In 

 Jour. Proc. Linn. Soc, 1865, Eev. W. Hincks 

 (Toronto) says : " C. buccinator is our commonest 

 species." It must, therefore, occur with the other 

 at St. Clair Flats, although we have no record 

 of it. 



198. Chen hyperboreus ; Snow Goose. Very 

 rare. Two specimens taken (E. W. Sandys. 



199. Anscr albifrons Gambeli ; White-fronted 

 Goose. Hare Migrant. 



200. Bernicla Canadensis ; Canada Goose. 

 Common migrant. 



201. Bernicla brenta ; Brant. Rather rare 

 migrant. 



202. Anas boscas ; Mallard. Uncommon in- 

 land but common migrant in the large marshes 

 where a few breed. 



203. Anas obscura ; Black Duck. Common 

 migrant. A few breed in the large marshes, also 

 taken inland. 



204. Chaulelasmus streperus ; Gray Duck. 

 Rather rare but occurs regularly at St. Clair. 



205. Dafda acuta ; Pintail. Common. Breeds 

 at St. Clair. 



206. Mareca Americana; Widgeon. Rather 

 common. May breed. 



207. Spatula clypeata ; Shoveller. Rather rare 

 at St. Clair Flats, and may breed. 



208. Querquedula discors; Blue-winged Teal. 

 Common. A few still breed at St. Clair. 



209. Nettion Carolinensis ; Green-winged Teal. 

 Common migrant. Not known to breed. 



210. Aix sponsa ; Wood Duck. Regularly 

 distributed and rather common. Breeds along 

 the marshes and rivers. 



211. Fulix marila; Scaup Duck. Very com- 

 mon migrant. A few breed at St. Clair. Also 

 taken common inland. 



212. Fulix affiuis ; Bluebill. Like the preced- 

 ing. Also taken common inland. 



213. Fulix collaris ; Ring-billed Duck. Com- 

 mon in some migrations in the large marshes. 



214. JEthyia vallisneria ; Canvas-back. Rather 

 rare at St. Clair Flats. Migrant. 



215. 2Et hyia Americana ; Redhead. Very com- 

 mon migrant, and some breed in the large 

 marshes. Also taken inland. 



216. Clangula glaucium Americana 1 , Golden- 

 eye. Rather common migrant. Also taken in- 

 land. 



217. Clangula albeola ; Buffi ehead. Common 

 migrant and a few breed at St. Clair Flats. Also 

 taken inland quite common. 



218. Harelda glacialis ; Long-tailed Duck. 

 Rather rare migrant at St. Clair. An immature 



male was picked up in the snow January, 1881, 

 near Hyde Park. 



219. (Edemia Americana; Scoter. Rare mi- 

 grant. 



220. Melanelta velvetina ; Velvet Scoter. Very 

 rare migrant. 



221. Erismalura rubida ; Ruddy Duck. Abund- 

 ant migrant and a few breed in the marshes. 

 Also taken inland, common. 



222. Mergus merganser Americanus ; Goosander. 

 Common migrant both on rivers and lakes. 



223. Mergus serrator ; Red-breasted Merganser. 

 Rare migrant. 



224. Lophodytes cucullatus ; Hooded Merganser. 

 Common migrant both inland and at the lakes. 



225. Pelecanus erythrorhynchus ; White Pelican. 

 One taken near Chatham 187 — ; also one near 

 Ingersol several years ago. 



226. Plialacrocorax carbo ; Cormorant. Occurs 

 rarely along the lakes. 



227. La.rus argenlatus Smithsonianus ; Herring 

 Gull. Common. Probably breeds. 



228. Ijarus Philadelphia! ; Bonaparte's Gull. 

 Common in spring in fall. 



229. Sterna Forsteri; Forster's Tern. Common; 

 breeds at St. Clair. 



230. Sterna fluviatilus ; Common Tern. Breeds 

 at St. Clair but in smaller numbers than the last. 



231. Ilydrochelidon lariformis surinamensis ; 

 Black Tern. Breeds very abundantly at St. Clair 

 marshes. 



232. Podiceps Holbolli ; Red-necked Grebe. 

 Veiy rare ; one taken at Mitchell's Bay. 



233. Dytes auritus ; Homed Grebe. Breeds 

 abundantly at St. Clair Flats. 



234. Podilymbus podiceps ; Carolina Grebe. 

 Breeds abundantly at St. Clair Flats. 



235. Colymbus torquatus ; Loon. Common in 

 the large marshes and at some points in the 

 lakes. Breeds. 



236. Colymbus septentrional is ; Red-throated 

 Diver. Very rare. One shot on the Thames 

 near London in spring 1881. Occasional at St. 

 Clair Flats. 



INTELLIGENCE AND HUMOUR IN 

 A HORSE. 



A friend and neighbor of mine, recently in- 

 formed me, that a few 3 f ears ago, his father pos- 

 sesed a colt which exhibited proofs of intelligence 

 amounting to reason, and also to a certain de- 

 gree of a sense of humour. The stables on his 

 farm are ranged in a row under the barn, and the 

 lower doors are fastened, as usual, with a long 

 wooden bolt. The colt learned in some way 

 how to draw back the bolts, and so to open the 

 stable doors and let out all the other horses 

 which stood loose in the stalls. He then 



