CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 1 35 



range, especially in the interior, than 0. columbianus. {Preble.) 

 North to the Arctic circle, on the Mackenzie river, breeds along the 

 river. (Ross.) Very rare in Alaska, but not uncommon in northern 

 British Columbia, according to Fannin and Brooks. 



Breeding Notes. — Several nests of this species were met with in 

 the Barren Grounds, on islands in Franklin bay, and on the beach 

 one was taken which contained six eggs. It was composed o.f a 

 quantity of hay, down and feathers intermixed, and this was the 

 general mode of structure of the nests of both swans. (Macfar- 

 lane.) A pair remained at Sumas lake, B.C., throughout the sum- 

 mer of 1 89 1 and swans (apparently this species) winter on Lake 

 Okanagan, B.C. ; swans of this species breed in northern Chilcoten. 

 B.C. {Brooks.)lt occasionally breeds in Saskatchewan, although its 

 natural breeding-grounds are much further north. A pair was 

 found breeding at Buffalo lake. Alberta, on April 7th, 1891. The 

 nest contained five eggs. Mr. Spaulding described the nest as being 

 a large structure, three feet in diameter, composed of sods, grass 

 and rushes and lined with feathers and down. Mr. Sanderson who 

 has lived all his life in Saskatchewan informs me that wild swans 

 used to breed on some of the lakes before the Canadian Pacific 

 Railway was built. The last nest he found was during the spring 

 of 1885, during the Northwest rebellion. It was at Sounding lake, 

 Sask., and contained four fresh eggs. (Raine.) 



Oeder HERODIONES. Herons, Storks, Ibises, &c. 



Family XV. IBIDID^. Ibises. 



LXXI. PLEGADIS Kaup. 1829. 

 186. Glossy Ibis. 



Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq.) Stejn. 1885. 



A flock ran the gauntlet and came along the coast as far north as 

 Country harbour. Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 



Mr. John Bates shot a pair at the end of May, 1857, on a creek 

 near Hamilton water- works. These are the only birds of this species 

 ever seen in Ontario. (Mclhvraith.) 



