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kept up a continual unearthly
squawing and saw filing around the
camp during the evening.
51- Herring Gull. A silent
Solitary individual hung, like a
departed spirit around the lakes
as tho he was the guardian angel
of the place. [55] one seen.
132- Mallard. Each outlying beaver
pond usually had its pair of mallards;
The females were seen coming into
the lake at about 6:30 in the evening
to feed. On May 25. A very small
duckling of this species, was secured
from a flock of 7 or 8.
129- American mergansers were
on hand as usual.
151- Am. Golden eye. This species
was quite common.
155- Harlequin Duck. 3 males
we seen in company with one &
near the north end of the lake.
172b- White-cheeked Goose. A pair of
these birds came and roosted on a
sand spit near camp almost every