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Croker-Bay.,- Devon._Qn our first ..v isits to 
115 aufTliM- _ 
iDundas Harbor in July, the eiders were seen in large 
If locks and were“about 99^ males. At Thule , subsequently, 
Iwe s a w la rgefl oc ks, —but no m al e s a t - a ll . - - - Qru -o ur August 
Ivistis to D. H. the snail flocks we have seen have been 
lall females and, or, immatures. This “afternoon, for ,a 
I chang e, X saw a drake king-eider- - in- co mpany of—four- 
I female s, Croker B ay is the best waterfowl breeding 
secured no 
[ground I have seen on this 'trip,'but I 
I direct evidence- of n es ting -there-.-— On my -13 Aug-vi-si-t — 
]I wade d around many of the lakes without finding any 
(nests, not even old ones, so today I stuck to dry land.. 
