1926] Swarth: Birds and Mammals from the Atlin Region 67

fourths the size of their parent. Small patches of pale-colored down
on the sides of the head were all that remained of the young plumage.
The young were as yet unable to fly.

On June 14 six adult males were seen together, first evidence of
the impending departure of the drakes, and during the next few days
southward flying flocks were noted over Lake Atlin and elsewhere. No
old drakes were seen during the latter part of the summer. One shot
on June 30 was beginning to molt into the eclipse plumage.

Golden-eyes were seen on Lake Teslin, September 11, and there were
a few still on Lake Como on September 19.

Six specimens collected, the adult male mentioned above, and five
downy young, from two broods of different ages (nos. 44637-44642).

Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus). Buffle-head

Seen at Carcross, May 22 and 24. Not otherwise observed.

Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus W. S. Brooks
Western Harlequin Duck

Breeds in small numbers and at widely scattered intervals through-
out the region, where the species generally passes by the name of
“‘wood duck.’’ Two were seen on Lake Atlin, June 20. On September 1
a brood was encountered at ‘‘Blue Cafion,’’ and two were collected,
an adult female and a young male (nos. 44643-44644). The female
had finished the annual molt and the young were full grown. On
September 7 a brood was seen in the rushing water of Consolation
Creek, near Gladys Lake.

Oidemia deglandi dixoni W. 8. Brooks. Dixon White-winged Scoter

At Careross, May 24 to 26, white-winged scoters were arriving in
numbers from the coast. The flights occurred in the evenings, when
flock after flock appeared from over the snowy mountain barrier to
the westward. They circled about overhead, a few individuals uttering
harsh quacks at infrequent intervals; some flocks dropped down to
rest in the nearby lakes, while others, after many aerial evolutions,
eventually speeded on farther into the interior.

In the Atlin region there was a colony of this species established at
Lake Como, but we saw none during the summer on any of the smaller
lakes. Just how many pairs nested could not be accurately determined,