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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Treasurer’s Report . 18 
1968 (Eleventh) Fall Occurrence Report . 19 
In Memoriam . 30 
Winter Meeting . 30 
Notes . 30 
Burt County, 5 miles east of Te- 
kamah. Measurements on the bird in¬ 
cluded: length 360 cm., wing 188 cm., 
tarsus 32 mm., culmen 25 mm. It has 
been cataloged as UNSM 12300. 
The distribution of the 19 state re¬ 
cords for this species is heavily 
weighted toward the late fall, as 
might be expected for a game spe¬ 
cies. The records I am presently 
aware of are distributed as follows: 
October, 6; November, 5; December, 
2; April, 2; undated, 4. The records 
by county (in approximate east to 
west order) are: Douglas, 9; Burt, 
1; Dodge, 1; Lancaster, 1; Saunders, 
1; Platte, 1; Antelope, 2; Buffalo, 1; 
Brown, 1; Lincoln, 1. 
—James Tate, Jr., Lincoln 
WHITE - WINGED SCOTER. A 
pair of White - winged Scoters 
(Melanitta deglandi) were identified 
among several other species of div¬ 
ing ducks at Olive Creek Lake in 
southwestern Lancaster County on 
April 7, 1968. The dark ducks with 
the distinctive bill of the male and 
the white head markings of the fe¬ 
male were easily distinguished from 
the Scaups, Ring-necked Ducks, and 
others swimming and feeding. The 
Scoters responded quite independ¬ 
ently from the other ducks, swim¬ 
ming and flying toward the center 
of the lake after the others, and re¬ 
turning soon to their original feed¬ 
ing location. 
The male would dive about five 
seconds before the female and re¬ 
turn to the surface in about 45 sec¬ 
onds, again about five seconds be¬ 
fore the female would appear. While 
the birds were under water it was 
possible to approach to within 50 
yards for close study and photo¬ 
graphs. 
Dr. Paul Johnsgard of the Uni¬ 
versity of Nebraska confirmed the 
identification when he saw the birds 
on April 8 in the same area. 
— C. W. Huntley, Lincoln 
