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[[underlined]] Oidema deglandi [[/underlined]]
White winged scoters are common in Devils lake as they are in Stump Lake. A few pairs are seen in every section of the lakes whenever we came to the shores. At a rough estimate I should say there were several hundred in Stump Lake and, judging by [[strikethrough]] the great size and [[/strikethrough]] those seen in a few places in Devils L. and the great size of the lake, a few thousand in it.

These are the only places in N. Dak. where I ever saw them or heard of them and as they are the only salt lakes I know of, it is significant that these sea ducks should live & breed here in such numbers.

They are said to breed out on the prairie and I have seen one or sometimes a pair circling over the prairie and one pair in a little rain pool on the prairie. Eastgate says they do not nest until about the first of July

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[[underlined]] To Devils Lake [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] July 9 [[/underlined]], Drove from Stump Lake west to Devils Lake and camped 4 miles east of the old Mission at edge of the timber. Set traps in the woods & along slough.

The prairie is generally pretty rough and hilly, especially near the lakes, where series of hills & ridges probably mark the old moraines. Some wide stretches of prairie are rather level & flat. These are generally under cultivation and much of the rolling country is also. A considerable part of the Indian Reservation is unbroken prairie, although the land was allotted years ago and is largely owned by white men now. It is good land but rather rough in places. The timber along the lake shores is the same low, dense woods of Elm, Oak, Ash, boxelder, aspen, balsam poplar, thorn, plum, chokecherry, grape, woodbine, bittersweet, hop vines etc. as is found at most of the lakes over this part of the state.

Transcription Notes:
Oedema deglandi is a surf duck