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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



and Fort Resolution, and noted it nearly every day, collecting a speci- 

 men near Fort Resolution June 19. Alfred E. Preble and Merritt 

 Cary noted it in the marsh at Hay River June 30 and July 1, and 

 below the mouth of Nahanni River July 19. On their return trip 

 they observed it at Grand Rapid August 20, House River August 

 21, Quito River August 29, where several small flocks were noted, 

 and near Athabaska Landing September 13. While crossing Great 

 Slave Lake to Fort Rae I found it common among the islands of 

 the Northern Arm July 23 to 26. While on my trip north Avard to 

 Great Bear Lake I noted it on Lake Marian July 31, Grandin River 

 August 2, Lake Mazenod August 6, Sarahk Lake August 7, and 

 Lake Hardisty August 16. While ascending the Mackenzie I saw 

 a small flock 20 miles below Nahanni River October 13. 



In the spring of 1904 the mallard was noted near Fort Providence 

 by H. W. Jones April 27. At Fort Simpson it was first observed 

 May 3, four being seen. While descending the Mackenzie June 6 

 I observed a few near Nahanni River, and on my return trip saw 

 two near the same place July 26, and several on the Athabaska near 

 Little Buffalo River August 21. 



Ross recorded this species as being abundant in the Mackenzie 

 River district north to the Arctic coast, and as having been collected 

 at Fort Simpson.'^ Kennicott noted its arrival at Fort Resolution 

 on May 7, 1860,^ and obtained a set of 9 eggs on the 25th of the 

 same month.^ MacFarlane met with it throughout almost the entire 

 wooded portion of the Anderson River region.^ The National 

 Museum catalogue shows that specimens were received from Fort 

 Resolution, Fort Rae, Big Island, and Fort Simpson, and the 

 species has also been taken at Fort Good Hope. J. Alden Loring 

 reported it as common at Edmonton, September 7 to 26, 1894. 



Anas rubripes Brewst. Duslvy Duck; Black Duck. 



MacFarlane found the black duck on Anderson River, where it 

 was not uncommon, and where several specimens were shot, but 

 failed to find nests.'^ I was informed by A. F. Camsell, of Fort 

 Simpson, that this species was sometimes shot at that post in spring. 



Chaulelasmus streperus (Linn.). Gadwall. 



Eggs of the gadwall were collected at Lesser Slave Lake, probably 

 in 1868, by Strachan Jones. Macoun says it breeds in large num- 

 bers at Edmonton, Alberta, and states on the authority of Dippie 



«Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 287, 1862. 

 » Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci., I, p. 170, 1869. 

 c Ibid., p. 172, 1869. 



^ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., XIV, p. 420, 1891. 



