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 Jnly, 191}9 ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE BARR LAKE DISTRICT 113 Clangula clangula americana. American Golden-eye. Winter resident, not uncommon. Common during migration. Clangula islandlea. Barrow Golden-eye. Winter resident, not common. Not uncommon during migration. Charitonetta albeola. Buffiehead. Common in migration. Oidemia americana. American Scoter. Migratory, rare. "Has been taken at Barr." (Hersey) 0idemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. Migratory, rare. "One was shot on Barr Lake near Denver, November 2, 1898, and reported by Mr. Fenton." Cooke's Birds of Colorado, 2nd App.) Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. Migratory, rare. "On October 22, NEST AND EGGS OF REDHEAD 1899, Mr. L. B. Meek shot a fine male at Barr Lake, near Denver. The female was with it but was not .secured. Three other specimens were known at the same place within the next week." (Cooke's Birds of Colorado, 2nd App., p. 196.) Erimatura jamaicenais. Ruddy Duck. Summer resident, common. Nests rather commonly. Many nests of other species of ducks were found to contain eggs of the Ruddy. Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. Migratory, not common. A few are seen every spring and occasionally in the fall. Chen hyperborea nivalis. Greater Snow Goose. Migratory, rare. Three birds were seen by Hersey on October 17, 1908. Anser albifrons gambeli. American White-fronted Goose. Migratory, not common. "Has been taken occasionally at Bart." (Hersey)