1926] Swarth: Birds and Mammals from the Atlin Region 65

occasional bird was encountered, and at long intervals, during the
summer. Flocks were seen at Lake Teslin, September 11, and at Fat
Creek (between Teslin and Gladys lakes) on September 13. On
September 21, my last day afield, I saw two mallards near Atlin.

Nettion carolinense (Gmelin). Green-winged Teal

Seen at Carcross, May 23. About Atlin, though not common, there
were scattered pairs nesting in most of the marshes. More were seen
in flooded bottom lands of the upper portion of Otter Creek than
anywhere else. Flocks of nearly full-grown young were noted July 28,
on Otter Creek, but on August 6, at the same point, a brood of downy
young was seen that could have been hatched but a few days. The
species apparently leaves early for the south, though such late-hatched
young as were just mentioned must linger to a relatively late date.
No green-winged teal were seen about Atlin after the middle of
August.

Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus). Shoveller

A single bird, a cripple, was seen by Brooks on a pond near Atlin
on June 27. At Carcross we were shown a mounted shoveller that had
been shot near that town. The rarity there of this species may be
attested by the fact that this bird had been preserved as a curiosity.
No one in the community knew what it was.

Dafila acuta tzitzihoa (Vieillot). American Pintail
Seen at Carcross, May 22. <A fairly common species about Atlin
during the summer, and especially abundant in the swampy upper
reaches of Otter Creek. The first young were noted on June 23, when
two newly hatched broods appeared on Lake Como.
I saw no pintails, definitely recognized as such, after the end of
August.

Marila affinis (Eyton). Lesser Scaup Duck

Scaups seen at Carcross, May 22, were presumably M. affinis. This
was the most numerous breeding duck in the Atlin region, where hardly
a pond could be found that did not harbor at least one scaup family.
Nests were built in grassy swales or marshes adjoining open sheets of
water. Early in June these ducks were in pairs, but by the third week
of that month most of the drakes were congregated in flocks by them-
selves, sometimes three or four birds together, sometimes ten or twelve.

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