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A second female, without a brood, on Keefe Lake was collected.
It was in a wasted condition, the entrails and stomach contracted
and the body cavity filled with what appeared to be degenerate
fatty tissue. The stomach contained a small amount of food, the
identifiable material being one damselfly nymph and 20 seeds of
hornwort

Barrow Golden-eye--Claucionetta islandica (Gnelin).

Much less plentiful than in the Cariboo and south central
British Columbia. Only three, all females, were recorded in early
summer in the Quesnel and Baker Creek region, these being at Punta-
taenkut Creek, May 24, Bouchie Lake, June 5, and Dragon Lake, June 9.

The appearance and behaviour of the female on Bouchie Lake was
studied several times at close range, once at a distance not more
than 15 feet. This was near enough to see the characteristic bill
shape of islandica which at this time was entirely without yellow.
Her behaviour was that of an incubating bird during an absence from
the nest, viz; she dived for food along the shore, splashed in the
water, then flew to a log on the shore where she thoroughly dressed
her plumage. On June 17 this female, or another, was accompanied
by five downy young thought to be about a week old.

A single female golden-eye seen in flight at Lacroix Lake,
July 14, and another. at Bulkley Lake, July 30, were probably of
this species.

A female and nine half grown young at Seeley Lake, July 24; a
brood of 11 half-grown young on Bulkley River, July 28; a female and
brood of six nearly full-grown on Keefe Lake, August 4; a brood of
four, another of six,on Shafer Lake, August 4; two young one-third
grown on Francois Lake, August 8; an adult female on Tiltzarone Lake,
August 31, and two full grown young on Puntchesakut Lake, September
5, complete the list of observations. The average number of young
in six definite broods, observed between June 17 and August 8, was
O. 5a

Buffle-head-- Glauceonetta albeola (Linnaeus ).

At Tiltzarone Lake, May 17, seven adult males were actively
‘ourting three females; on May 17 the population consisted of five
pairs and at least six yearling females. Whether or not any nested
there was not determined; none was present when the lake was next

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