than a few days from year to year, the average being about 
October 12th. In fact it appeared on the 12th on five diff¬ 
erent years, and on the 11th for three other years. The 
typical flock of Lesser Scaup is eight to twelve birds but 
there are often singles, or two or three together. They are 
sometimes mixed with flocks of Red-heads. 
MARILA COLLARIS. 
The Ring-necked Duck is a real rarity, and only three 
have been taken, as follows: October 6th and 26th, 1907, 
and October 13th, 1908. It is possible that one or two 
Ring-necks may have been classified as Scaups, among 
birds which I did not see, but I think this is doubtful. 
CLANGULA CLANGULA AMERICANA. 
The Golden-eye is a very common bird in the Lake after 
the end of October, but it is not often shot. By mid- 
November, or in December if there is open water, there 
are usually a few local birds collected in the pond, which 
go back and forth to salt water, morning and evening, 
spending the day here. One hundred and forty-three of 
these ducks were shot, but a great many more were seen, 
and the records were often stopped before this late migrant 
became common. The status is therefore five per cent, 
but the corrected status should be about six to eight per 
cent. 
Barrow’s Golden-eye has not been identified. 
CHARITONETTA ALBEOLA. 
The Buffle-head is only a moderately common species, 
and does not appear as often as it used to. It comprises 
less than three per cent of all ducks shot, eighty individuals 
having been taken. A great many more were seen, as 
these little ducks were often allowed to go safely away. 
This species does, however, show a distinct falling off in 
numbers: fifty-one in the first decade, as against twenty-: 
seven in the last. 
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