the river and lake shores. “tis habitat was likewise divided into river, 
jake, and tidal areas. 
The principal rivers surveyed were the Payne, North Payne, Leaf, False, 
Whale, George, soksoak, sogaluk and Povungnituk.e These are generally swift 
and comparably shallow streams with the exception of the Kogaluk and the 
western portion of the Leaf rivers which consist primarily of a series of 
fairly large lakes connected by short streams. The innumerable, unmapped lakes 
of the region cover approximately 25 tg.40 percent of the surface area of the 
ieninsule.s, Most of these are under five acres in size, are rather shaliow, 
and in general have rocky shorelines. iimost all the lakes and rivers are 
entirely barren of aquatic plants which could be utilized by waterfowl. 
Figure IT is a location map of the region on which are indicated the aerial 
transects which were flown, and Table I summarizes the miles flown within each 
of the various habitats of both the tundra and taiga. 
In addition to the aerial survey, ground studies were made on seven areas 
within the interior where plants were collected and data were obtained on 
weterfowl food and nesting cover. Banding and waterfowl collections were 
also carried out. 
Discussion 
The Canada goose (Pranta co canadensis and B. c. interior) and the old- 
sjuaw are the most common nesting species in the tundra of tné Ungava Peninsula 
interior. In addition, the American golden-eye, red-breasted merganser, and 
possibly the black duck, probably nest there occasionally. The American scoter 
snd the pintail were also observed within this region. The Comme: eider (sub= 
species unidentified) is very common along the west side of Ungava Say north 
ward to the Fudson Straits, while the King eider alsc probably nests along the 
straits in limited numbers. In the taiga region studied, the Canada goose and 
the black duck were the most important nesting species. -Jext in importance 
vere the golden=eye and the merganser, together with an occasionel old=squew, 
pintail, scaup, ring=necked duck and other species unidentified. Table 2 shows 
the spécies composition within this area of study. 
The tundra area, in general, does not provice good nesting habitat for 
those species reguiring considerable cover. However, geese appear to favor 
this habitat and although less than 0.2 birds were observed per lineal mile 
flown there were certain spots where there was a fair nesting population. This 
species appears to favor the larger lakes and rivers. Payne Lake had a popula= 
tion of 0.3 per mile over 231 miles of shoreline, while the area between the 
Kogaluk and Povungnituk rivers showed 2.1 birds per milee There is probably a 
considerable nesting population west of the furthest point reached on the Kogaluk 
River transect. The areas near Lake Gregory northwest of Crystal 1, north of 
Payne vay, and southeast of Crystal 1 to the Whale Fiver are aiso important. 
The old—-squaw, which is more uniformly distributed in its nesting range than 
the Canada goose, appears to favor the small lakes adjacent to the large lakes 
and rivers. 
The taiga region offers more nesting cover for dabbling species such as 
the black duck. On the False River, up to. the head of tidewater, there were 
45 ducks, principally black ducks, observer per mile of river shoreline within 
