1881 
Mergus amaricanus. 
231 
Maine (Lake Urr>bagog). 
(May 19 ) II 
I 
1 : 
il 
vrator was \mrm . This nest had evidently been occupied 
in former years, for someone had chopped a hole in the 
side of the stub on a level vrith it and pinned a chip 
over the opening. By removing this cliip rny guide look¬ 
ed directly in on the bird,. She made a low grovel¬ 
ing noise but refused to move till he poked her, when 
she scrambled up the iiollov/ trunk and flew from the open 
top. Ho shot her but she was so 'wet and draggled that 
he did not bring her in. He says her breast was bare 
in places and ner plunage much worn. The o was a pro¬ 
jecting knot in the stub about half way up which so nar- 
rov/ed oho passage that the bird coiild hardly squeeze bv 
and this knot was covero.d v/ith her feathers. The eggs 
all contained small embryos; they had roma’kably thin 
shells for eggs of such largo si^e much thinner than ;i 
■those of eithert.the Whistler or Hooded Merganser. This 
nest 'was at the head of the Narrows on Richardson Lake. 
1882. 
Oct.8-22 
.|| Hundreds around every rocky cove in the Lake, 
j! wards the close of my stay they were more abundant 
il any other Duck. 
than 
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1 
!l 
1883 
Oet.19 
Saw about forty on the Lake. 
