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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



where it nested on the ground in the neighborhood of fresh-water 

 ponds.*^ J. C. Eoss recorded it from Port Bowen, where it arrived 

 abundantly in early June, 1825.^ M'Clintock noted it at Port Ken- 

 nedy;^ M'Dougall from Winter Harbor;^ and McCormick from 

 Beechey Island. Armstrong observed many near Prince Alfred 

 Cape, Banks Land, August 19, 1851, and noted the arrival of the bird 

 at Mercy Bay about June 1, 1852.'^ MacFarlane found it numerous 

 on Franklin Bay, and also received eggs from the Eskimo of Liver- 

 pool Bay.^ Hubert Darrell informs me that he observed king eiders 

 on Melville Sound on June 10, 1902. 



Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White- winged Scoter. 



This species, the ' big black duck ' of the residents, occurs on 

 nearly all the lakes throughout the wooded portion of the region. 

 In 1901 we saw a number on Athabaska Lake near Fort Chipewyan 

 May 24, and found it common on the Northern Arm of Great Slave 

 Lake July 15 and 16. 



In 1903 we first noted this bird on Athabaska Lake June 2, and 

 saw several on Rocher River June 6, and near Smith Landing June 

 10. Several were seen on Great Slave Lake near Fort Resolution, 

 June 23. Alfred E. Preble and Merritt Gary noted it on the way to 

 Hay River June 27, and between there and Desmarais Islands July 

 1; saw a number between Desmarais Islands and Fort Providence 

 July 2; and found it common below the mouth of Nahanni River 

 July 19. On their return trip they noted it near Slave Point, Great 

 Slave Lake, July 27, and saw one at Athabaska Landing September 

 4, and a few on Lily Lake September 24. While crossing Great 

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

 the Northern Arm July 24 to 26. During my trip nortliAvard from 

 Fort Rae I noted the species on lower Grandin River August 1, and 

 on Sarahk Lake August 7. A few were seen on Great Bear Lake 

 to the eastward of Leith Point August 28; I noted it also near 

 Mc Vicar Bay September 9 ; east of Manito Islands September 13 and 

 14, collecting one on the latter date; and near the outlet of Great 

 Bear Lake September 17. While ascending the Mackenzie I noted 

 the species 10 miles below Gravel River October 4; below Roche 

 Trempe-Feau October 8 and 9; near Fort Wrigley October 10; and 

 several times between there and Nahanni River October 12 to 14. 

 Some of these later birds were wounded individuals which could not 



° Suppl. to Appendix Parry's First Voyage, p. ccvii, 1824. 

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

 c Voyage of the Fox, p. 292, 1860. 

 '^Voyage of the Resolute, p. 259, 1857. 

 « Mccormick's Voyages, II, p. 90, 1884. 



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

 9 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p, 422, 1891. 



