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7. Franklin's Gull. Either this, or Bona- 

 partes' Gull was quite common; as I did not 

 collect any it was dificult to be positive as to 

 identity. 



8. Common Tern. Very plentiful at Lac la 

 Biche. 



9. Black Tern. Occasionally seen around 

 small sloughs. 



10. Double-crested Cormorant. Fishermen 

 told me they had seen this bird at Lac la Biche the 

 day before our arrival and said they bred common- 

 ly on the islands of the lake. 



11. American White Pelican. Recorded un- 

 der the same conditions as the Cormorant. 



12. American Merganser? I saw many 

 males of this species on the river and females 

 were common with their young. Some of these 

 might have been other varieties, probably the 

 Red-breasted Merganser. 



13. Hooded Merganser. Quite a few males 

 seen daily, and many females with broods a 

 couple of weeks old, which might have belonged 

 to other varieties. 



14. Mallard. Only a few seen. Apparently 

 this is not a favorable locality for this duck. 



15. Blue-winged Teal. Not common. 



16. Spoon-bill. A flock of about twenty seen 

 flying across the Christena River one evening at 

 dusk. 



17. American Golden Eye. Quite common 

 on river, some with young. 



18. Bupfle Head. Not as common as the 

 Golden Eye. 



19. White-winged Scoter. Plentiful on both 

 Christena Lake and Lac la Biche. 



20 Canada Goose. Fishermen said that 

 numbers of geese bred on the islands of Lac la 

 Biche. 



21. American Bittern. Several seen and 

 heard around Christena. 



22. Great Blue Heron. Fishermen said 

 these birds nested on islands in Lac la Biche, 

 using the same trees as the cormorants, only 

 nesting higher. 



23. Sora Rail. One seen at Christena Lake. 



24. American Coot. Plentiful on all lakes. 



25. Wilson's Snipe. Heard and saw them 

 daily. 



26. Greater Yellowlegs. Two seen on the 

 borders of a slough west of tht Christena River. 



27. Lesser Yellowlegs. Quite common in 

 all favorable localities. 



28. Solitary Sandpiper. Several pairs seen 

 near sloughs all acting as though they had eggs 

 or young close by. 



29. Spotted Sandpiper. Very common along 

 river, several nests found. 



30. Killdeer. Not common. 



31. Spruce Grouse. Common in woods close 

 to the river. 



32. Ruffed Grouse Occasionally seen arou i 

 our camps. 



33. Sharp-tail Grouse. Only one flock seen, 

 said to be very common in the fall on the sand 

 ridges, where they feed on blue-berries which are 

 plentiful through the country. 



34. Marsh Hawk. One specimen only seen, a 

 male. 



35. Red-tail Hawk. Common along the river 

 where several nests were seen containing young, 

 generally high in Balm of Gilead trees. 



36. Bald Eagle. Two seen soaring high over 

 Christena Lake. 



37. American Sparrow Hawk. Not many 

 observed. 



38. American Osprey. One pair seen flying 

 over Christena Lake. 



39. Short-eared Owl. Several seen in the 

 low lands around the lake. 



40. Great Horned Owl. Quite common, 

 heard every night; likely one of the northern sub- 

 species. 



41. Belted Kingfisher. Only one observed. 



42. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. A few 

 seen daily. 



43. Downy Woodpecker. More common than 

 the former. 



44. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. About the 

 commonest bird seen. They were never out of 

 sight, spending the day catching insects in the 

 air like a Kingbird. They would return to the 

 same perch after each flight. 



45. PiLEATED Woodpecker. Heard one ham- 

 mering on a stub close to Christena Lake. Said 

 to be quite common and was known by everyone 

 we met. 



46. Northern Flicker. Not common. 



47. NiGHTHAWK. A few seen every morning 

 and evening. 



48. Phoebe. Not common along the river. 



49. Wood Pewee. Heard daily in the woods; 

 am not sure as to the geographical form. 



50. Olive-sided Flycatcher. A few heard 

 daily. 



51. Alder Flycatcher. Fairly common. 



52. Least Flycatcher. Quite common. 



53. Blue Jay. A few heard along the river. 



54. Canada Jay. More common than the 

 former. 



55. American Crow. Very few seen. 



56. Cow Bird. Quite uncomrp^n. 



57. Red-winged Blackbird. Several large 

 breeding colonies noted. 



58. Brewer's Blackbird? A few Brewer's or 

 Rustles were seen but as none were collected, and 

 as that is possibly the northern limit of Brewer's, 



