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Lesser Scaup Duck (Aythya affinis, Eyt). 



Common on Vancouver Island. Common in Lower Fraser 

 and found all winter on Okanagan Lake. 



Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris, Donov). 



Not common on Vancouver Island. Common in Lower Fraser 

 Valley, and found all winter on Okanagan Lake. 



Clangula. ( Leack ) . 



American Gold-eye, Whistler (Clangula americana, Faxon). 

 A common winter resident on the Coast. Taken at Ckilliwkack 

 and Okanagan. Breeds in the interior of the Mainland. 



Barrow's Golden-eye {Clangula islandica, Gmel). 



Not common. It winters on the Coast. A few have been taken 

 on Vancouver Island and at Okanagan. Plentiful on the lakes 

 along the Cariboo Eoad during nesting season. 



Charitonetta. ( Stejner) . 



Buffle-head, Butter-ball (Charitonetta albeola, Linn). 



An abundant winter resident on the Coast. Breeds in the 

 interior of the Mainland. Common at Metlakatla. 



Harelda. ( Stephens. ) 



Long-tailed Duck, Old Squaw (Harelda hyemalis, Linn). 



Common on the coast of Vancouver Island and Mainland. 

 Taken at Chilliwhack and at Metlakatla. 



Histrionicus. (Lesson). 



Harelquin Duck {Histrionicus histrionicus, Linn). 



Common on the Cuast. Taken at Bear Kiver, Vancouver 

 Island; and Chilliwhack. Bare on Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Dendrocygna. ( Swainson. ) 



Fulvous Tree Duck (Dendrocygna fulva, Gmel). 

 Taken at New Alberni, Vancouver Island. 



