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Catalogue of British Columbia Birds by Francis Kermode
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_Harelda hyemalis_ (Linn.).

Common; the coasts of Vancouver Island and Mainland. Brooks has taken
it at Chilliwhack. Rev. J. H. Keen reports it common at Metlakatla.

HISTRIONICUS Lesson.

70. Harlequin Duck.

_Histrionicus histrionicus_ (Linn.).

A common resident on the coast. I found it breeding at Bear River,
Vancouver Island, May, 1894. Brooks has taken it at Chilliwhack. Rare
at Queen Charlotte Islands. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)

OIDEMIA Fleming.

71. American Black Scoter.

_Oidemia americana_ (Swains.).

Not common; has been taken at Victoria and Port Simpson. Fannin saw a
small flock on a lake near 108-Mile House, Cariboo Road, 10th May,
1891. Fairly common at Matlakatla. (_Rev. J. H. Keen_.)

72. White-winged Scoter.

_Oidemia deglandi_ (Bonap.).

An abundant resident, and is found on the coast throughout the year.
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