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ISrORTH AMERTPAN FAUNA. 



[no. 27. 



the mouth of Nahanni River, June (>, and noted it ahnost daily on 

 the lower Mackenzie and Peel, between Forts Good Hope and Mc- 

 Pherson, June 25 to July 1. 



This is an abundant species throughout the wooded portion of the 

 region. Ross recorded it as common north to Peel River and as hav- 

 ing been collected at Fort Simpson." Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway 

 state that it has been reported in the breeding season from Fort 

 Resolution, Fort Anderson, Anderson River, and Swan River, east 

 of Fort Anderson.^ Specimens were received by the Smithsonian 

 Institution also from Big Island, Peel River, and Fort Rae, one from 

 the latter place being still in the collection.^ J. Alden Loring re- 

 ported it common at Edmonton, Alberta, September 7 to 26, 1894, and 

 in the various lakes a short distance northwest of Edmonton, Novem- 

 ber 4, 5, and 6, 1896. 



Nettion carolinense (Gmel.). Green-winged Teal. 



The green-winged teal occurs throughout the forested portion of 

 the region, but is rare in the northern part of its range. In 1901 

 we saw several on Sturgeon River, 25 miles north of Edmonton, 

 Alberta, Ma}^ 2, and found the species common on the Athabaska be- 

 tween Grand Rapid and Athabaska Lake, May 11 to IT. We saw a 

 number on the marshes at the mouth of the Quatre Fourches, near 

 Fort Chipewyan, May 23 and 24, and took a pair on the latter date. 

 We noted the species on Rocher River, June 5 ; 25 miles below Peace 

 River, June 13 ; and on several occasions at Fort Smith, Mackenzie, 

 June 19 to 28 ; and 50 miles below that post, June 30. We collected 

 one at the mouth of Slave River, July 4; and observed a pair near 

 Fort Resolution, July 6. In a small pond near Fort Rae, July 22, I 

 observed a female with eight young about one-fourth grown. 



In 1903 we first noted this teal at Edmonton, Alberta, Ma}^ 8. We 

 saw about 25 near Sturgeon River, May 12, and noted the species 

 among the small sloughs to the northward of that place on May 13. 

 l"\liile descending the Athabaska we noted it near Athabaska Land- 

 ing, May 16; below Grand Rapid, May 25; and on the lower Atha- 

 baska, May 31 and June 1. We found it common on Rocher River, 

 June 6 to 8 ; and noted it on Slave River, near the mouth of the Peace, 

 June 9 ; and near Limestone Point, June IT. We observed it also in 

 a small pond near Fort Resolution, June 23; among the Simpson 

 Islands, 50 miles northeast of Fort Resolution, July 21; and near 

 Gros Cape, July 23. During my trip northward from Fort Rae, I 



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



& Water birds N. A., I, p. 524, 1884. 

 A specimen from Fort Rae, recorded by Russell as Anas penelope (Expl. 

 in Far North, p. 257, 1898), lias been examined by Mr. Ridgway, and proves 

 referable to M. americana. 



