1908.] 



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flocks." Simpson also noted this circumstance near the same locality 

 August 5. 1838.^ King recorded the species from Clinton- Golden 

 Lake.^ Eichardson noted it on the Arctic coast west of Cape Hope in 

 the sunmier of 1818.^ and states that Kae observed it June 1, 1849, 

 at Fort Confidence. Great Bear Lake.^ J. C. Ross noted it at Port 

 Bowen, where it arrived early in June, 1825.'^ M'Clintock records it 

 from Port Kenned}^.^ Greely records it as seen by the members of 

 Belcher's squadron on July 11, 1851, in Wellington Channel.'^ Arm- 

 strong noted it as common near Prince Alfred Cape, Banks Land, 

 August 19, 1851 ; he records it also from Mercy Bay and states it 

 is the last duck to arrive in spring, and the last to leave in autumn.^ 

 Ross lists it as abundant in the Mackenzie River region north to the 

 Arctic coast ; and MacFarlane found it breeding in great numbers 

 near Fort Anderson ; along Anderson River ; on the Barren Grounds ; 

 and on the shores of the Arctic Sea [Franklin Bay]. The number 

 of eggs in a set ranged from 5 to 7.^ The bird catalogue of the 

 National Museum records specimens from Fort Rae, Big Island, 

 Fort Simpson, and Peel RiA^er [Fort McPherson]. Russell noted 

 the species in the delta of the Mackenzie in the summer of 1891.^ 

 Seale intimates that this species was abundant about the mouth of 

 the Mackenzie in late August, 189G.'" Seton mentions it as breeding 

 on the Barren Grounds northeast of Great Slave Lake in the sum- 

 mer of 1907, and as common near Fort Reliance in mid-September." 



Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.). Harlequin Duck. 



This beautiful species apparently occurs throughout the wooded 

 portion of the region, but is rather rare. It usually frequents rapid 

 streams, and is generally detected during migration. Adult males, 

 roughly mounted, said to have been shot near the post, were obtained 

 from natives at Fort Resolution in 1901 and 1903. 



During my trip northward from Great Slave Lake in 1903 I took 

 a specimen among the ra2:)ids on the river north of Lake Hardisty 

 on August 20, and noted another on the lower part of the same 



" Narrative of Journey to Polar Sea, p. 383, 1823. 



^Narrative Discoveries on North Coast of America, p. 283,. 1843. 



^ Narrative .Journey to Arctic Ocean, I, p. 235, 1836. 



'^Arctic Searcliing Expedition, I, p. 287, 1851. 



''Ibid., II, p. 105, 1851. 



^ Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 106, 1826. 



9 Voyage of the Fox, p. 292, i860. 



^ Pvept. Exped. Lady Franklin Bay, II, p. 35, 1888. 



* Narrative Discovery Northwest Passage, pp. 391, 522, 1857. 

 ^ Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 288, 1862. 



* Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 421, 1891. 

 ^ Expl. in Far North, p. 139, 1898. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1898, p. 137. 

 "Auk, XXV, p. 69, 1908. 



