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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  BUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  May 
  (Erie, 
  Pa., 
  May 
  18, 
  

   1900). 
  The 
  last 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  Fort 
  McMurray, 
  Alberta, 
  May 
  15, 
  1901. 
  

   On 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  the 
  first 
  old-squaws 
  were 
  noted 
  at 
  Chilcat, 
  

   Alaska, 
  March 
  11, 
  1882; 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Yukon, 
  stragglers 
  usually 
  

   arrive 
  early 
  in 
  April 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  open 
  water 
  appears; 
  the 
  main 
  migra- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  several 
  weeks 
  later, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  arrivals 
  appear 
  at 
  Point 
  Bar- 
  

   row 
  late 
  in 
  May 
  (May 
  18, 
  1882; 
  May 
  21, 
  1883; 
  May 
  31, 
  1898). 
  The 
  

   first 
  reached 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Kowak 
  River, 
  Alaska, 
  May 
  22, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  St. 
  Michael, 
  Ma}^ 
  18; 
  on 
  the 
  Pribilof 
  Islands, 
  

   June 
  12; 
  near 
  the 
  Kowak 
  River 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  June; 
  Fort 
  Anderson, 
  

   Mackenzie, 
  June 
  7, 
  1861, 
  June 
  11, 
  1865; 
  northwestern 
  Hudson 
  Bay, 
  

   June 
  27; 
  Ungava 
  Bay, 
  Labrador, 
  June 
  16. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  Fall 
  migration 
  had 
  already 
  begun 
  and 
  large 
  flocks 
  

   had 
  passed 
  south 
  to 
  Great 
  Bear 
  Lake 
  in 
  1903 
  by 
  August 
  28, 
  and 
  were 
  

   still 
  numerous 
  there 
  September 
  17. 
  An 
  unusually 
  early 
  migrant 
  was 
  

   seen 
  near 
  Erie, 
  Pa., 
  September 
  13, 
  1876. 
  Early 
  dates 
  are 
  September 
  

   30, 
  1895, 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  and 
  October 
  8, 
  1885, 
  on 
  Long 
  

   Island. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  arrival 
  for 
  six 
  years 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Mas- 
  

   sachusetts 
  is 
  October 
  11, 
  and 
  for 
  nine 
  years 
  on 
  Long 
  Island, 
  October 
  16. 
  

   The 
  birds 
  are 
  most 
  abundant 
  the 
  first 
  half 
  of 
  November, 
  after 
  which 
  

   month 
  the 
  larger 
  number 
  pass 
  on 
  to 
  more 
  southern 
  waters. 
  The 
  last 
  

   were 
  seen 
  near 
  northern 
  Greenland, 
  latitude 
  82°, 
  September 
  16, 
  1875. 
  

   Most 
  leave 
  Point 
  Barrow 
  in 
  early 
  October, 
  but 
  a 
  straggler 
  was 
  seen 
  

   there 
  December 
  9, 
  1882. 
  They 
  leave 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  off 
  St. 
  

   Michael, 
  from 
  the 
  15th 
  to 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  Histrionicus 
  histrionicus 
  (Linn. 
  ) 
  . 
  Harlequin 
  Duck. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  harlequin 
  breeds 
  commonly 
  in 
  Newfoundland 
  

   and 
  od 
  the 
  whole 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland 
  south 
  of 
  Upernavik, 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  72°, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  north 
  to 
  Scoresby 
  Sound, 
  and 
  in 
  Iceland; 
  

   also 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Labrador, 
  at 
  Ungava 
  Ba}^ 
  and 
  Hudson 
  

   Strait. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  doubting 
  that 
  its 
  breeding 
  range 
  is 
  

   continuous 
  from 
  northern 
  Labrador 
  west 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Macken- 
  

   zie 
  River, 
  though 
  breeding 
  records 
  from 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  wanting. 
  

   The 
  species 
  was 
  noted 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  parties 
  of 
  the 
  Biological 
  Survey 
  

   August 
  20 
  and 
  21, 
  1903, 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  south 
  of 
  MacTavish 
  Bay, 
  

   Great 
  Bear 
  Lake, 
  in 
  latitude 
  65° 
  30', 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  probably 
  breeding. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  also 
  at 
  Fort 
  Rae, 
  at 
  Fort 
  Simpson, 
  and 
  on 
  Bear 
  Lake 
  

   River. 
  It 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  breed 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mackenzie 
  west 
  

   to 
  Kotzebue 
  Sound 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Siberian 
  coast. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  summer 
  on 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  west 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  Shumagin 
  Islands, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  chain 
  west 
  to 
  the 
  Near 
  Islands 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mander 
  Islands 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Asia. 
  Most, 
  if 
  not 
  all, 
  of 
  these 
  birds, 
  

   however, 
  are 
  nonbreeders. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  breeding 
  at 
  several 
  

   localities 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  breeds 
  locally 
  throughout 
  the 
  

  

  