O.&O. X. Apr. 1880. p. 
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I Can some of the rea 
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there are so few male birds of the Merganser , or is it be- 
cause I have not had the good luck to And them. I have 
shot quite a number of the females, Winters back, but 
have not found or observed a male bird till this Winter, I 
shota fine male specimen on the 28th of February last, it 
was in company with one other male and two females. 
There are quite a number of female Mergansers here every 
Winter in the river, to the grief of the small fish and trout. 
One specimen I shot two years ago, had a trout minus head, 
that was seven inches long. Since that I have not spai o< 
the Mergansers. — A. I. Johnson , Uydevillc , Vt. 
O.&O. X. Apv -.1885. p. 6J 
