yarices on August 51. At Puntchesakut Lake, May 11, one male and
a amt? accompanied a gathering of waterfowl, and a pair

visite e lake on May 16 Kleven were counted, May 31, on the

Puntataenkut Creek Expansion

: At Milburn Lake, June 10, a male, alone and very quiet on
what undoubtedly represented part of its territory, was joined by
a female that obviously had come from her nest.

The only young recorded were a brood of six about three-
quarters grown, on a beaver pond at Ootsa Lake, August 2, and ap-
proximately 20, none in definite broods, on Shafer Lake, August 7.

The following are records of non-breeding yearling males, and
females identified as yearlings: Bouchie Lake, June 5, 2 males;
1 female; Dale Lake, June 20, 2 females; Swamp Lake, July 5, 1
female; Lacroix Lake, July 14, 2 males, 1 female

At Keefe Lake, August 4, a female thought to be an adult was
seen in company with a female Barrow golden-eye and her brood.
The two swam abreast and in advance of the young. At Shafer Lake,
August 4, an adult or yearling female led a brood of four Barrow
golden-eye.

On the basis of the above enumeration the species cannot be
described as plentiful in the portions of central British Columbia
covered by this paper.

Old-squaw--Clangula hyemalis (Linnaeus).

At. Puntchesakut Lake, sometime during the afternoon of May &3,
a single male was attracted to a flock of surf scoters. It flew
from place to place on the fringe of the flock and called several
times, the musical notes travelling a long distance across the
water. When swimming this duck rode high on the water with tail
elevated; it was restless and the first to rise when I approached
the flock This is the only record.

Harlequin Duck--Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus).

A pair seen on Puntchesakut Lake, May ll, was the only per-
sonal observation. Mr. C. McNeil reports seeing it on Whitesail
River in spring, and C. D. Muirhead has seen them on Stuart River

about five miles south of Stuart Lake