The summer birds of the northeast shore of Lake Superior, Ontario

Botaurus lentiginosus.American Bittern.-A few individuals were seen at Franz in June, 1924, by Morris M. Green.It was not seen by us.Anas rubripes.Black Duck.-A rare bird of the region due, no doubt, to the scarcity of marshes and other suitable habitat.Seen on one or two occasions at each camp, the largest number recorded for one day being three at Rossport.No specimens were taken and no breeding evidence was secured.Mareca americana.Baldpate.-Onenoted on May 30 at Ross- port was the only occurrence.Probably a belated migrant to its more westerly breeding grounds in the prairie provinces.Nyroca collaris.Ring-necked Duck.-A male was noted at Amyot on June 30 on a small boggy lake.On July 7 one was recorded from the train on a small body of water near Girdwood, some ten miles east of Amyot.These observations, together with the knowledge that the species has become established in the east during recent years, indicate that the status of the Ring-necked Duck in this region is now that of a rare summer resident.Nyroca affinis.Lesser Scaup Duck.-FromMay 31 to June 4 a male was noted regularly in a small bay of Lake Superior at Rossport.No suitable nesting habitat exists there.With consideration to the season when the bird was observed, it was probably a belated migrant.Glaucionetta clangula.American Golden-eye.-Thisspecies was present at all our camps.It was recorded as not uncommon, espe- cially at Rossport, where from one to six were seen almost daily.At Amyot a female and five downy young, not long hatched, were collected on June 26.