CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 687 



A male taken at Skagway, June 3rd, was probably a belated 

 migrant; on the heights above Glacier, Osgood saw several, June 

 5th, and we found them common at Summit, June 11-13; a female 

 taken, June 13th, was laying, and a fresh but empty nest I found the 

 same day I attributed to this species, no other being near; the nest 

 was loosely formed of fine dry grass in a hollow in the deep moss 

 which covered the almost perpendicular side of a boulder lying on 

 a hill high above Summit, only a small hole for entrance showing 

 in the moss. We often saw the song-flight at Summit; launching 

 himself with a sharp preliminary "chip" from one of the granite 

 boulders that abound there, the male would rise rapidly to a height 

 of a hundred feet or more, uttering a sweet, clear song; after poising 

 high in air and repeating this song for several minutes the singer 

 would slowly float toward earth and alight 100 yards from where 

 he started, soon to repeat the same performance; we found a pair 

 on the heights above Bennett, June 17th, and a few, possibly mem- 

 bers of one family, at Circle, August 15-20. (Bishop.) 



698. Meadow Pipit. 



Anthus pratensis (Linn.) Bechst. 1807. 



Received in Copenhagen by Dr. Paulsen from Greenland in 1845. 

 (Arct. Man.) 



699. Red-throated Pipit. 



Anthus cervinus (Pall.) Keys & Blas. 1840. 



A specimen of this bird was obtained in Greenland in 1845 and 

 makes the second record. (Ttirner.) This species was accredited 

 to the Aleutian islands in 1853; ^^^ Dall records a specimen which 

 was obtained at St. Michael during the Russian telegraph expedition. 



(Nelson.) 



700. Sprague Pipit. 



Anthus spragiieii (AuD.) Baird. 1864. 



Found breeding in great numbers on the prairie near Turtle moun- 

 tain and Mouse (Souris) river. (Coues.) A common summer 

 resident on the elevated prairies in the south and west of Manitoba 

 in 1882. In 1892 I failed to see or hear a single individual in the 



