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 July, 1909 ANNOTATEI) LIST OF THE BIRDS OF TIlE BARR LAKE DISTRICT 111 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. American White Pelican. Not uncommon in migration. Summer resident of somewhat erratic occurrence. Has been noted at Barr thruout the summer, but has not been found nesting. Mergus americanus. American Merganser. Winter resident, contmon. Com- mon in migration. Mergus errator. Red-breasted Merganser. Winter resident, not uncommon. Common in migration. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Winter resident, not uncommon. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard. Resident, abundant. More common in win- ter than in summer, altho it is plentiful thuout the nesting season. Ana fulvigula maculosa. Mottled Duck. "Several of these birds have been NEST AND ]*:GGS OF FORSTER TERN killed at Barr during the past fifteen years." (Hersey) Chaulelasmus streperus. Gadwall. Summer resident, not uncommon. Abun- dant in migration. A few birds remain thruout the winter. Maxeca americana. Baldpate. Summer resident, not as contmon as C. sl'ep- erus. Plentiful during migration. Nettion carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. Resident. Abundant during migration; common duriug the nesting season and not uncommon during the winter. Querquedula discors. Blue-winged Teal. Summer resident, abundant. By far the most abundant breeding duck. ])Lscors and cyanoplera are the last of the migrating ducks to arrive in the spring and the first to leave in the fall.