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a bird has been seen, and a stuffed bird placed near it, in a 

 fighting attitude. A woman then secretes herself, and im- 

 itates the call, which is almost immediately answered ; pre- 

 sently the bird makes its appearance, and alights by the side 

 of his fancied opponent, drops his wings, spreads his tail, 

 and struts round and round, until by one unlucky step he 

 finds himself in the midst of the net. In this way native women 

 take numbers whilst hunting about the marshes for eggs. 



Brown Crane. Grus canadensis. 



Tuds-le-uk, Eski. 



[Grus canadensis, Dall & Bann. p. 289.] 



Several Cranes arrived with the earliest of the Geese in 

 the beginning of May ; and by the middle of the mouth the 

 whole of the marshes were alive with them, and their noisy 

 croakings were to be heard in every direction, especially about 

 the extensive marshes on each side of the river. They had 

 eggs before the end of the month. Their nests were placed 

 about the dry knolls in the marshes. Their eggs have a 

 brownish white ground, and are spotted with shades of brown 

 and reddish grey. The spots are large, and principally about 

 the large end, where they form an indistinct ring. 



Golden Plover. Charadrius pluvialisl 



Too-ze-ek, Eski. 



[Charadrius virginicus, Borkh. ; Dall & Bann. p. 289.] 



This bird appears to be distinct from the European species. 

 It is smaller, has more naked thigh, and the axillary plume 

 is ash-coloured, agreeing well with Mr. YarrelFs remarks. 

 A few pairs arrived about the end of May. They appear to 

 be very particular about the places they frequent. I found 

 them only in two small detached pieces of marsh, about the 

 wettest part of which they were feeding. They seemed to be 

 breeding upon some dry spots near by ; but I could not dis- 

 cover a nest. 



Turnstone. Strepsilas inter pres. 

 Cho-o-muk, Eski. 



[Probably S. melanocephala, which, according to Dall and 

 Bannister (p. 290), is common in St. Michael's.] 



SBR. IV. VOL. 11. 2h 



