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to follow them by the movement of the Wbter pl&nts that ehy agitated in passing 
throu£^ them* They swam rapidly with powerful strokes of their large feet 
and made as rapid progress through the water as 1 could in wading* When they 
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oojme up and discovered that they were being followed they dove again hut this 
ti/ae remained motionless oonoealed under the dense growths of aquatic plants* 
Several times 1 was deceived by this and passes on scanning the water for some 
tell tale' ripple that mifi^t betray the presence of the swimming bird beneath. 
Finally as one dove 1 stood quiet watchirig and after fully a mfcnuto happening 
bo loolc down saw a large foot i^rojecting from a mass of poudweeds a foot be- 
low the surface. I seized this hird at once freeing it from the entwining 
plant growth which it brou^t up with it and it lay in mj' hand bx^athing 
heavily after its long submersion and occasionally peeking feebly at tqy 
fingers. On top of its head on the crown was a bare wrinkled space of thiok- 
ened reddish skin. 1 tried to capture others but had only a limited time at 
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my disposal and was unsuccessful. (specimen, in formal- 
2. PeleoanuB orythrorhynchos Qmolin. 
American )^illliite I?elioan. 
The anterior end of the 8te3mvua of one of those Policans was pioked 
upat Ked Lake on June 27. 
3. Anas olatyrhynohos Linnaeus. 
Mallard. 
The Mallard was the most common duck found in this region. It was 
estimated that about ten pairs were nesting on the high mesa while one pair 
noted on Red Lkke at the foot of the moantaine may possiblpy have been breed- 
ing. A part of the breeding birds of ths higher la .£0 area were found on the 
thiee larger lakes, while the others wore distributed among the smalllakes of 
permanent water that were hidden in the forests of Yellow pine, one pair to 
