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for them. They would leave the neighbor- 

 hood of the rock pile, apparently for the 

 shelter of heavy timber, in advance of an 

 approaching heavy snowstorm, which 

 action was remarked by the men as a 

 weather indicator. 



These birds seem inclined to remain 

 during the summer. In early spring they 

 seemed to live largely on the buds of the 

 trees. — R. R. Seeber, Winona, Mich. 



[In response to an inquiry as to how 



They arrive about April 10-15 '^ the 

 vicinity of Edmonton, and in a few days 

 their cfiebec is heard on all sides. Most 

 of the nests are located in a crotch of a 

 poplar sapling at all distances from the 

 ground. I was on the lookout for a suit- 

 able nest to photograph, and on Julj' 12, 

 1908, found one at the edge of a wood 

 in a poplar sapling eight feet from the 

 ground. 



The camera was set with no pretense 



LEAST ILYCATCHER SHADING YOUNG 

 Photographed by J. M. Schreck 



long the birds remained, Mr. Seeber re- 

 plied under date of June 15, 19 10: "The 

 Grosbeaks have not been prominent 

 around the mine location for about four 

 weeks, and I believe are nesting in the 

 heavier timber, but I have located no 

 nests. I saw one Grosbeak in the air about 

 three nights ago."] 



The Least Flycatcher 



The Least Flycatcher is one of the 

 commonest birds of northern .Klberla. 



of a blind, and it did not take long to get 

 pictures of the adult bird brooding young. 



I visited the nest several times, and 

 on two occasions caught both birds at the 

 nest, but the usual custom was for one to 

 leave as the other approached the nest. 



The male bird was very tame, — in 

 fact he would brood young until I touched 

 his back, — and the last picture taken 

 at the nest was made while I stood back 

 of the camera and focused on the Vjird 

 himself. 



When the Noung were fal!\- feathered. 



