1883.] 389 [Brewster. 



At Wreck Bay, Anticosti, I came upon a brood of young, which 

 could not have been more than three or four days old, swimming 

 in the sea at the base of a beetling cliff. They were accompanied 

 by their mother who adopted the usual tactics to entice us away 

 from the spot. We refused to be deceived, of course, and after a 

 long chase captured one of the young by driving it ashore on a 

 narrow, pebbly beach. Upon reaching the vessel it was carelessly 

 tossed on deck when, to the surprise of every one, it scrambled 

 nimbly down the companion-way and concealed itself so success- 

 fully in the cabin that at the time we were unable to find it. In 

 the dead of the following night, however, after our lamp had 

 been extinguished and all was quiet below, I distinctly heard the 

 pattering of its webbed feet as it scuttled about over the bare 

 floor. A few days afterwards it was found dead under one of 

 the berths. 



64. Querquedula discors, Linn. — Blue-winged Teal. 

 According to the fishermen at Fox Bay, Anticosti, this species 



occurs in small numbers during the migration. 



65. Clangula glaucium americana ? Bp. — American Gold- 

 en-eye. 



A large brood of young, accompanied by a female which I did 

 not have the heart to shoot, but which I took to be of this species, 

 was seen in Mingan River near its mouth, July 20. 



66. Harelda glacialis, Linn. — Old Squaw. 



The " Cock-a-wee," as this Duck is everywhere called in the 

 Gulf, was seen only once during our trip — on July 7, when a few 

 individuals, doubtless barren birds, were observed at East Point, 

 Anticosti. The fishermen and Indians of the North Shore all 

 agree that it does not breed on that coast much to the westward 

 of Labrador, although stragglers are always to be found through- 

 out the summer. It is said to be one of the most abundant of 

 the water-fowl in winter, when numbers are killed at tide open- 

 ings in the ice. 



67. Histrionicus minutus, Linn. — Harlequin Duck. 



The fishermen and gunners at Fox Bay, Anticosti, were all 

 familiar with this Duck, the sexes of which they distinguish by 

 the usual coastwise names, " Lords " and " Ladies." The species 

 is said to occur there only in winter when hundreds sometimes 

 collect in the tide openings off East Point. 





