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but if at any distance from open water she usually leaves the young to scatter 
and hide while she attempts to lure away the supposed enemy. 
This bird is well distributed over all the groups of lakes visited. It was found 
most numerous at Pelican Lake on June 10 ; at Muleshoe Lake, June 7 ; at Dewey 
Lake, June 3 to 18 ; at Smith Lake, June 10 ; West Twin Lake, June 8 ; Mallard 
Lake, June 7 ; Corneil Lake, June 9 ; Trout Lake, June 11 ; and Big Lake, June 
7. In fact, it was absent from only eight of the lakes visited in eastern Cherry 
County and was common at most of the others, including Clear Lake, June 4 ; 
Willow Lake, June 4 ; Dads Lake, June 7 ; Marsh Lake, June 8 ; Red Deer Lake, 
June 8 ; Ballard Swamp, June 8 ; L Lake, June 9 ; Molly Marsh, June 11 ; the 
Sweetwater Lakes, June 12; Twenty-one Lake, June 12; and Alkali Lake, 
June 18. It was also common at the South Cody Lake on June 1; at West 
Chain Lake. Brown County, June 14 ; at Moon Lake, June 13 ; at White Willow 
Lake, near the source of the North Loup River, June 16; and at Silver Lake, 
in the same region, June 16. In Morrill County it was common at the Hague 
Lakes and was noted near Alliance on June 21. In Garden County it was 
common at Moffitt Lake, June 21; at Silver Lake, June 21; at Bean Lake, 
June 21 and 22 ; at Reno Lake, June 22 ; at the Peterson Lakes, June 22 ; at 
Phalarope Lake, June 22; and at Bignell Lake, June 22. We observed it also 
at several of the other lakes of this region. 
On the lakes in eastern Cherry County this duck was common, October 6 to 9 ; 
and tolerably common in Garden and Morrill Counties, October 14 to 15. Nine 
were seen along the Platte River south of Chapman, October 21; and three 
were seen on the same river south of Silver Creek, October 22. Four shot by 
hunters near Grand Island, October 20, were seen at a hunting lodge, and the 
species was reported by hunters to be common. 
REDHEAD. Alarila amei~lcana. 
This much-hunted duck was seen at the time of our June visit mostly in 
small flocks and chiefly in the open water of the larger lakes, though also on 
some of the smaller bodies of water as well. It is one of the ducks that have 
very greatly increased since the abolition of spring shooting, and it is now very 
much more numerous as a breeding bird in this region than it was a few years 
ago. It is common and well distributed during summer in the lakes of eastern 
Cherry County and of Garden and Morrill Counties, but is much less frequent 
in other parts of the sandhill region. It is by considerable the most numerous 
of all the ducks at this season in Garden County and also here more abundant 
than in any other part of Nebraska. On Bean Lake the writer saw 99 on 
June 22, and the species was also abundant on the Hague Lakes, June 21 ; 
Moffitt Lake, June 21 ; and common on the Peterson Lakes, June 22 ; Teal Lake, 
south of Reno Lake, June 22 ; Trainor Lake, June 22 ; W T ild Goose Lake, June 
21; and Swan Lake, June 21. In eastern Cherry County it was abundant at 
North, Middle, and South Marsh on June 8 ; Muleshoe Lake, June 7 ; Ballard 
Swamp, June 8; Johnson Lake, June 8, and Dewey Lake, June 3 to 18 ; also 
common on Clear Lake, June 4 ; Red Deer Lake, June 8 ; Hay Lake, June 8 ; 
the Cumbow Lakes, June 11 ; Foster Lake, June 9 ; Wendler Swamp, June 10 ; 
and Molly Marsh, June 11. It was common on West Chain Lake, in Brown 
County, June 14 ; and was noted on Enders Lake, June 14, and on Moon Lake, 
June 13. Of the lakes at the source of the North Loup River, it was seen only 
on White Willow Lake, where common, and on Red Willow Lake and Silver 
Lake, all on June 16. It was not observed on any of the Cody lakes. 
Throughout the lake region of eastern Cherry County this duck was com- 
mon, October 6 to 9. Fifty were seen on Long Lake, Brown County, October 11 ; 
