1899] Macoix — ORxniK )i.o(.i( Ai. XoTKs. 129 



7 — Fox Si'AKKOW. Biettls. 



*^_p|ock of from 30 to 411 Kveninjj Grosbeaks in tall maples ; going north. 



Breeds. 

 8— WniTE-THROATF,!) Stakrow. Breeds. 

 8— White-Crowned Starkow. Breeds. 

 8— Chipping Sparrow. Breeds. 

 10 — Field Sparrow. Breeds 

 12— Black- iHROATED Green Wariher. 

 iS — Pine Wariu.er. 

 19 — Chimney Swift. Breeds. 



20— Baltimore Oriole. Breeds. This bird is becoming much more com- 

 mon than it used to be. 

 20 — Bluebird. Breeds. This bird is becoming much scarcer than it used 

 to be. There was only one breeding in this locality where there used 

 to be twenty. 

 21- -Tree Swallow. Breeds. 

 22 — Blackburnian Warbler. Breeds. 

 23 — Catbird. Breeds. 

 24. — American Bitiern. Breeds. 

 25 — MouRNiN(; Dove. Breed . 



Ed. note : A few other birds mentioned in this h.st are 

 known to breed in Manitoba but the Hst is printed as received 

 from Mr. Scott. 



PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CARIBOU 



By Ernest Seton-Thompson. 



It has lonsj; been know n among sportsmen that the caribou of 

 the western mountains differed strikingly from those found in the 

 Barren Grounds, the northern woodlands, or Newfoundland. 

 The fine specimen brought from British Columbia by Dr. 

 Geo. M. Dawson, of the Canadian Geological Survc\-, has 

 given me the opportunity of satisfying my.self regarding the 

 alleged differences. These arc very obvious, and are moreover 

 coupled with the fact that it is geographically isolated from its 

 near ally, the Raii^i^i'frr Caribou, so that I feel justified in giving 

 it full specific rank. 



Rangifek MONTANUS, sp. nov. 



The Mountain Caribou. 



Chief characters : Its vcr)- dark colour and its great size ; in 

 the latter particular it is sarid to equal, or e\-en exceed the 



