. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ANATIN^ - THE DUCKS — FULIX. 23 than on Slave Lake, not arriving early, but being the last to depart. Large flo(!ks were also seen on the Porcupine liiver. They collect in large bands as soon as the young can fly; and these flocks ar(! more numerous in the fall than in the sjiring. Jlr. Salvin found this J^uck exceedingly abundant on the Lake of Duenas during the winter months; and it was seen on Lake Atitlan as late as the month of May. Colonel Cirayson found it in Western Mexico, in the neighborh
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ANATIN^ - THE DUCKS — FULIX. 23 than on Slave Lake, not arriving early, but being the last to depart. Large flo(!ks were also seen on the Porcupine liiver. They collect in large bands as soon as the young can fly; and these flocks ar(! more numerous in the fall than in the sjiring. Jlr. Salvin found this J^uck exceedingly abundant on the Lake of Duenas during the winter months; and it was seen on Lake Atitlan as late as the month of May. Colonel Cirayson found it in Western Mexico, in the neighborhood of :Mazatlan, during the winter; and Dr. Heermann informed Mr. Dresser that it was common on the coast of Texas during the whole of that season. Mr. Murray obtained it at Hudson's Bay, and Captain Blakiston also received exanii)les from the same region. Mr. Ross found it abundant along the Mackenzie Iviver, as far north as the Arctic Ocean. According to Mr. Hurdis it is occasionally obtained in the Bermudas. Dr. Cooper found it less common on the Pacific coast than the itwriht, and he sug- gests, as the probable explanation, that it is more partial to the interior than it is to. Fenuilc (natural sise). ilie sea-coast. In Eastern Oregon Captain Bendiro found these Ducks common during the migrations, and thinks a few breed in the higher valleys of the Blue IMountains, where they remained into June. Mr. Getu'ge A. lioardman informs me that this species occurs both in the spring iind in the fall in the neighborhood of Calais, and that it is by no means uncommon there. It is also found on the coast of ^Massachusetts at tlie same times, but to what extent is not certainly known. Its distinctness from the larger Black-head is not generally recognized by hunters, nor always by taxidermists, Mr. Maynard regards it as rare, and only found in its nugrations. Sfr. Giraud was one of tin; iirst to recognize it as a species distinct from the mar'i'., Jjalling it the " Lesser Scaup
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