. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ANATIN^ — THE DUCKS — (EDEMIA. 91. in Hudson's Bay, where it visited the sea-coast exchisively, and was never found in the interior, feeding chiefly on fish and tlieir spawn. Its flesli was by no means hehl in esteem, but the eggs were quite pahitable. ilr. Murray and Captain I'.liikiston both cite this species as still being abundant in the region adjacent to Hudson's Bay. On the Pacific coast its presence has been noted from Alaska to Southern Cali- i'ornia, and Air. Bannister found it com- mon o
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ANATIN^ — THE DUCKS — (EDEMIA. 91. in Hudson's Bay, where it visited the sea-coast exchisively, and was never found in the interior, feeding chiefly on fish and tlieir spawn. Its flesli was by no means hehl in esteem, but the eggs were quite pahitable. ilr. Murray and Captain I'.liikiston both cite this species as still being abundant in the region adjacent to Hudson's Bay. On the Pacific coast its presence has been noted from Alaska to Southern Cali- i'ornia, and Air. Bannister found it com- mon on the Island of St. Michael's; and ho states that, except on one occasion, lie has never seen it in any of the small frf'sli-water ponds of that island. Ordi- narily it kept to the salt-water, even flying round points of land rather than directly across them. The name of this Duck in the Eskimo dialect, according to Mr. E. Adams (" Ibis," 1878), is Too-tnr-lik ; and it is ii])oken of by him as being rather late in its arrival on the shores of Norton Sound, none of this species coming until the 19th of May. Toward the end of the uonth several pairs had taken possession ot the larger lakes near St. Michael's, where they remained to breed, seldom going out to sea, but keeping together in small flocks in the middle of the lake. Their nests were carefully secreted in the clefts and hollows about the steep banks of the lakes, close to the water, and were built of coarse grass, well lined with feathers and down. The females had their eggs at the time of his leaving, which was in June. Mr. Dall speaks of this as being a salt-water Duck, abundant at the mouth of the Yukon, but not going up that river for any distance. He was so fortunate as to find it breeding near I'astolik, June 17, discovering a nest which contained two eggs. These he describes as being quite white, and large as compared with the size of the bird. The nest was placed on the ground, on a small island, in
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