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 122 THt CONDOR Vol. XVII Mergus serratot. Red-breasted Merganser. Becoming rare. On specimen exam- ined, taken on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. Not common; occasionally seen in the fall on St. Joe River and Chatcolet Lake. Arias platyrhynchos. Mallard. Rare resident, and migrant. At one time the most abundant duck in this locality. Mareca americana. Baldpate. Becoming rare. Occasionally seen in the fall on St. Joe marshes. Nettion carolinsnse. Green-winged Teal. A small flock seen on Coeur d'Alene River, August 18, 1910. A few taken on St. Joe marshes in the fall. Querquedula cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. Becoming rare. One specimen exam- ined, taken on St. Joe marshes. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. Fairly common in the fall on St. Joe marshes; may breed. Fig. 47. Vmw SHOWinG FORTO OF FEA LAKE ANnSUROUnrG HLLS, InAHo; LOOK- ING EAST Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. Becoming rare. Two specimens examined September 22, 1912, taken on St. Joe marshes. Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. Not common; a few seen in fall on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Also seen on Fernan Lake. Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. Rare. One specimen examined, taken on St. Joe marshes. October 20 to December 1, 1913. A number of specimens examined were young females. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scorer. Rare fall migrant. One adult male examined, taken on Fernan Lake, October 9, 1912. (Recorded in Com)o, xv, p. 41.) Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. Common fall migrant, occurring in largest numbers after severe storms. ' Branta canadensis canadensis. Canada Goose. Until recent years large flocks of Canada Geese passed over the city on their way south during the month of November, and also on returning on their northern spring migration. Large flocks would stop to
 * Oidemia de91andi. White-winged Scoter. Common on Lake Coeur d'Alene from