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the birds seen might have been Rusties. 



59. BR0N7BD Grackle. Common at Lac la 

 Biche, nesting in holes of stubs and old woodpecker 

 nests. 



60. House Sparrow. A flock of about twenty 

 of these birds were quite at home in the village of 

 Ft. McMurray. They had evidently come north 

 in a freight car, and when liberated at the end of 

 steel about fifteen miles from McMurray, spied 

 the cluster of buildings in the distance and were 

 soon in their new home; likely a northern record 

 for these birds. 



61. Savanna Sparrow. Only one pair heard 

 on some open prairie near McMurray. 



62. White-throated Sparrow. Quite com- 

 mon in the larger woods along the Clearwater 

 River. 



63. Chipping Sparrow. One recorded. 



64. Clay-colored Sparrow. Not nearly as 

 common as farther south. This sparrow prefers 

 the park-like country to the open prairie or 

 heavy timber country. 



65. Slate-colored Junco. One of the com- 

 monest birds everywhere. A nest with eggs was 

 found under a tie on the railway and as the train 

 only passed to and fro once a week the disturbance 

 did not evidently cause the birds much worry. 



66. Song Sparrow. Not common north of 

 Lac la Biche. 



67. Lincoln's Sparrow. Next to the Junco 

 and White-throat, this was the most plentiful 

 sparrow. Different times I counted as many as a 

 dozen males singing at one time all within a 

 couple of hundred acres. That country must be 

 the great summer home of this splendid singer. 



68. Swamp Sparrow. A few heard singing 

 their monotonous notes along the edges of marshes. 



69. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Quite common 

 along the river. 



70. Cliff Swallow. Several colonies were 

 nesting along the river. 



71. Tree Swallow. Not common. 



72. Bank Swallow. Very common, and nest- 

 ing in all suitable places. One sand bank had 

 fallen away from the rest of the solid earth and 

 many Swallow's nests with eggs were destroyed . 

 The slide had evidently just taken place as the 

 consternation was great among the birds. 



73. Red-eyed Vireo. A few heard daily. 



74. Warbling Vireo. More common than 

 the Red-Eyed. 



75. Black-and-White Warbler. Not very 

 common. Frequenting the tamarack in the 

 muskegs. 



76. Tennessee Warbler. A few heard in 

 low places close to the river. 



77. Yellow Warbler. Not nearly as common 

 as they are farther south. 



78. Myrtle Warbler. Heard daily in the 

 spruces. 



79. Oven Bird. A few heard. 



80. Grinnell's Water-thrush. Quite com- 

 mon all along the rivers and lakes. 



81. Yellow Throat. A few heard, often in 

 the little clumps of brush in the muskegs. 



82. House Wren. Not many heard. 



83. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Only one 

 heard. 



84. Long- tailed Chickadee. Fairly common ; 

 this was really Hudsonian territory, but careful 

 watching did not reveal this species. 



85. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Common in all 

 tamarack muskegs. Before I located my first 

 one I found that these little birds were ventrilo- 

 quists of no mean order. When looking for this 

 bird I expected that the singer would be as large 

 as a sparrow, judging by the volume of his voice, 

 and was surprised to find it one of our smallest 

 birds. It is certainly a wonderful singer. 



86. Willow Thrush. Fairly common. 



87. Hermit Thrush. Quite common. 



88. Robin. Very few seen. 



89. Mountain Blue-bird. Three seen flying 

 over our camp one morning. 



BOOK NOTICE 



Dru Drury; an eighteenth century Entomologist. 



Professor T. D. A. Cockerell, of the University 

 of Colorado, published an interesting account of 

 the life of the above entomologist in The Scientific 

 Monthly, January, 1922. 



This is a lengthy article and space here only 

 permits us to make a few extracts from the same. 

 Dru Drury was born February 4, 1725. "He is 

 described as of Wood Street in the Parish of St. 

 Alban, London, citizen and goldsmith; afterwards 

 of the Strand, of Enfield and of Turnham Green, 



all in the county of Middlesex and of Broxbourne, 

 Hereford." He died January 15, 1804, and was 

 buried at the Church of St. Martins in the Fields. 

 "Regarding Drury's life and work as a whole, 

 we have an excellent example of that innate taste 

 or passion for natural history which inspires a 

 certain number of individuals in every generation 

 and which the majority can neither appreciate nor 

 understand. But we are also struck by the fact 

 that favorable circumstances are needed to render 

 such aptitudes fruitful and of benefit to mankind _ 



