the long-tailed ducks. 
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r-'" Duck affects dur- 
to^wn S summer, it is a common bird, and it never aoDears 
*e nOTih .'"dividuals even wintermg‘in 
Durto n • gregarious than some of the arctic 
After the young are 
Srst lif'h'" '"■* t“"'- "“y f''"!"'"* po„d/.,„d 
teys aU c,Sks“l“g ™‘"' 
gives the following note on the soecies in 
" D rin'n! r,''"””' f™'" AlS“ "- 
JJuring all the spring-season, until the young begin to hatch 
£ "’“*‘‘^‘'*1 "ote, imperfectfyTepresid 
byethe syllah es a-lcedle-a, a-leedle-a,« frequently reSIn 
£f " frT 
c ■i'o -'-e .?if M 
£ £=poK ;;rt ass •» 
on fn’” 7' midnight, and while passing a lonely month 
bhnl ^i dreary hanks of the Yukon delta. I have lain S my 
cal "'gbt and listened to these rhythmu 
to h "’brnb, with a few exceptions, were the only ones 
durilig the d"y "The'^f less^Simo" 
abniit-^fLn f ' e •'* s"’imming rapidly 
abon 1 tail-feathers raised to an angFe cd 
Dassps 75 tlegrees, and vibrating rapidly from side to side as he 
passes before his mate, uttering the love-note at short intervals 
I he becomes too pressing in his suit, the female suddlnly 
s and IS instantly followed by her partner and then 1 
loment later they appear and take wing and a'Dhvfnl choc* 
ensues, the two diving at full speed and'fl.dng ;\SSor b^ 
rapid succession, until they arc tired. It is a common 
ing for two or three males to join in this “ follow-my-leader ” 
^nd of game after the female, and in the end the lattLiisnoL 
« =>,.0 some secledrf ,„„l „i„. her cl.oicc.tS lLe drom*: 
ed suitors move off in search of some easier prize. Several 
•emale, and make a very pretty chorus.” ^ 
Ne3t.-According to Mr. Nelson, an unusual amount of dry 
