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B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 303
the district, as well as i n Athabasca. At Cumberland House
and Pelican Narrows it is also present for a like purpose,
while several nests, as just mentioned, were forwarded to the
* Smithsonian Institution from Fort Anderson. Mr. Ross
reports them as common on the Mackenzie to Peel's River.
The nest of this merganser is usually well concealed, and
the eggs are of a creamy buff colour, resembling those of
M. americanus. The Ottawa Museum has but three skins,
and the eggs of several nests taken by M r . L ow i n Labrador,
i n June, 1894!
131. HOODED MERGANSER,— Lophodytes cucullatus ( Linn.).
A n example bird, well identified, was shot near Cumberland
House i n the spring of 1891. It is a rare b i r d i n that
quarter, as well as i n the Mackenzie River district, where
Chief Trader Bernard R. Ross found no traces thereof beyond
Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake. Said to be f a i r ly
common i n B r i t i s h Columbia and northern Manitoba.
The Ottawa Museum holds seven specimens, taken at
Toronto, Ottawa, Indian Head, Banff, and Kamloops, but
no eggs thereof!
132. MALLARD— A n a s boschas ( L i n n . ).
A male skin of this duck was obtained at Fort Resolution,
and that of a female from Fond du Lac, Athabasca,
i n 1885, which were later packed up and forwarded to D r.
B e l l . In 1882 M r . Scott Simpson found a nest containing
three eggs at Green Lake, E n g l i s h R i v e r district, of which
M r . John Dalgleish became the recipient the following season.
Mrs. W . C. K i n g , then of Moose Lake post, Cumberland
District, secured, with both parents, a nest holding six
eggs, early i n the month of June, 1890. The mallard is
very abundant, especially throughout all copiously- watered
land sections on both banks of the Saskatchewan River to
its outlet i n Lake Winnipeg. It is also very numerous in
the v i c i n i t y of F o r t Chipewyan, and i n the deltas of the
Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie rivers.
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| OCR | B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 303 the district, as well as i n Athabasca. At Cumberland House and Pelican Narrows it is also present for a like purpose, while several nests, as just mentioned, were forwarded to the * Smithsonian Institution from Fort Anderson. Mr. Ross reports them as common on the Mackenzie to Peel's River. The nest of this merganser is usually well concealed, and the eggs are of a creamy buff colour, resembling those of M. americanus. The Ottawa Museum has but three skins, and the eggs of several nests taken by M r . L ow i n Labrador, i n June, 1894! 131. HOODED MERGANSER,— Lophodytes cucullatus ( Linn.). A n example bird, well identified, was shot near Cumberland House i n the spring of 1891. It is a rare b i r d i n that quarter, as well as i n the Mackenzie River district, where Chief Trader Bernard R. Ross found no traces thereof beyond Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake. Said to be f a i r ly common i n B r i t i s h Columbia and northern Manitoba. The Ottawa Museum holds seven specimens, taken at Toronto, Ottawa, Indian Head, Banff, and Kamloops, but no eggs thereof! 132. MALLARD— A n a s boschas ( L i n n . ). A male skin of this duck was obtained at Fort Resolution, and that of a female from Fond du Lac, Athabasca, i n 1885, which were later packed up and forwarded to D r. B e l l . In 1882 M r . Scott Simpson found a nest containing three eggs at Green Lake, E n g l i s h R i v e r district, of which M r . John Dalgleish became the recipient the following season. Mrs. W . C. K i n g , then of Moose Lake post, Cumberland District, secured, with both parents, a nest holding six eggs, early i n the month of June, 1890. The mallard is very abundant, especially throughout all copiously- watered land sections on both banks of the Saskatchewan River to its outlet i n Lake Winnipeg. It is also very numerous in the v i c i n i t y of F o r t Chipewyan, and i n the deltas of the Athabasca, Slave and Mackenzie rivers. 20 |
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