Birds within Ten Miles of Point 
deMontS) Can, Comeau&Merriai. 
107 . Anas obsoura. Black Duck. —A tolerably common summer 
resident, breeding about the fresh water lakes. 
Bull, N,Q.O, 7,Got, 1882 , p,239 
Summer Birds of Sudbury, Out. 
A, H. Alberger, 
133. Black Duck. Black Mallard. Abun¬ 
dant^ Breeds. 
O, XV, 5026,1390, P..Q7 
972 . The Ducks of this Locality [ Oitatva , Canada~\. By W. P. Lett. 
Trans. Ottawa Field-Naturalists'' Club , No. 4 , pp. 5 2 '^4-—following 
species are treated at length : Anas obscura , A. boschas , yL# sjbonsa , 
« ^uerquedula carolinensis , discors, Dafila acuta, Fuligula fenna amer- 
icana, Mergus merganser , A/, serrator , d/. cucullatus . and Clangula 
glaucium. Various other species are mentioned more briefly, the paper 
altogether forming an important review of the Anatidse of Ottawa. 
Breeding Dates of Birds in Kings 
County, N. S. Watson L. Bishop. 
’ Dusky Duck, May 25, 26, 28. These were 
also found on the Gaspereaux Lakes. 
O.&O. xm.Mar. 1888 p.4-5 
Dwight, Summer Birds of 
Prince Edward Island, 
Anas obscura. Black Duck. —This is the only Duck of whose 
presence I have conclusive evidence. I saw a brood on a fresh water lake 
near Souris, and I found dried up on the sand one day the carcass of an 
adult. In several other localities I heard of nests having been found. 
Auk X, Jan, 1893. P» 
Birds of N.E. coast of Labrador 
by Henry B. Bigelow. 
27 . Anas obscura. Black Duck. — Rather rare. We saw very few 
Black Ducks, ar.d of those few most were south of Hamilton Inlet. Ap¬ 
parently restricted to the inland ponds. Attk, XIX, Jan., 1902, p.27. 
Some Winter Birds of Nova Scotia, By C. H. Morrell. 
3 . Anas obscura. Black Duck. — Common along shore all winter. 
Auk, XVI, July, 1899, 457- 
General notes. 
Notes on Cape Breton Summer Birds. 
Francis H. Allen. 
Anas obscura. 
Auk XIX. Jan. 1895 P. 89 
NewfoundlandNotes. A Trip up the 
' Humber Liver, Aug. 10 - Sept. 24,1899,, 
6 . Anas obscura. Black Duck. — Breeds abundantly. 
Louis H, Porter, New York City. 
Auk, XVII, Jan., 1900, p. 7 / 
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