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[[preprinted]] 92 [[/preprinted]] 204. Aythya affinis 205. Aythya affinis 206. Ardetta exilis 207. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 93 [[/preprinted]] June 16, Thursday. 204. Aythya affinis A. Wetmore. Busseyville Point Lake Koshkonong, Wis. iris yellow, bill slate blue. tarsus slate blue. Length 16 1/8 wing 7 1/2 tail 2. [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents worms & seeds. 205. Aytha affinis. A. Wetmore. Busseyville Point Lake Koshkonong, Wis, iris yellow. bill light bluish slate. tarsus slate blue. Length 15 3/4 wing 8, tail 1 1/2 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents insects & seeds. 206. Ardetta exilis. A. Wetmore. Marsh at Skavlem's Point, Lake Koshkonong, Wis, iris yellow. mandible & commissure yellow. maxilla black. tarsus greenish yellow. Length 13, wing 5, tail 1 1/2. [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents insects & mud. 207. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. A.B. Stout. Marsh at Skavlem's Point. Lake Koshkonong, Wis., iris brown. bill black. gape reddish, tarsus red. Length 10 1/2 wing 8 5/8 tail 3 1/4 [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents insects. This morning we rowed [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] up to Skavlem's Point and Mr. Skavlem showed us his birds among which was a buff-breasted sandpiper shot on the lake. Afterwards we had dinner with him. We went down in a large marsh after birds. On the way over a female lesser scaup Duck swam out of the reeds a short distance off and I shot it. It was making for open water as were three others seen at the same time. They were probably crippled from the spring shooting and did not