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27. Ceryle alcyon. 



Besides the specimen from the Rocky Mountains already 

 noted (' Ibis/ vol. iv. p. 3), I obtained a second from my friend 

 Mr. J. C. Clare, at York Factory, on Hudson^s Bay; there 

 are others also, in the Smithsonian Institution, from between 

 that place and Lake Winipeg, and also from Red River Settle- 

 ment. Dr. Richardson and Mr. Bernard Ross have noted the 

 Belted Kingfisher up to Q7° N. lat., while I have observed the 

 bird the whole distance across the interior, from Hudson's Bay 

 to the western base of the Rocky Mountains. It remained, in 

 1857, on the lower part of the Saskatchawan River till the 7th of 

 October; and I observed it in 1859 at Pembina, where the 49th 

 parallel crosses the Red River of the north, on the 1st of May. 

 The river then had not opened, although there was considerable 

 water on the surface of the ice, and we crossed over with horses 

 and carts. This is not much in favour of the climate of the 

 interior, but it must not be thought that the season is always as 

 late as in this instance. 



28. Tyrannus caroltnensis. 



Besides a specimen recorded from Fort Carlton in the ' Fauna 

 Bor.-Am.,' and my own from the same locality ('Ibis,' vol. iv. p. 3), 

 Mr. Bernard Ross notices the King Bird on Mackenzie River. 



29. Sayornis sayus. 



Two specimens of Say's Flycatcher are recorded in the 'Fauna 

 Bor.-Am.' from Fort Carlton, where mine (' Ibis,' vol. iv. p. 4) 

 was procured. Mr. Bernard Ross gives it as rare on the Mac- 

 kenzie. S.fuscus is also given by Mr. Ross ; but I should think 

 such a western range doubtful. 



CONTOPUS BOREALIS. 



The Olive-sided Flycatcher, described by Swainson in the 

 ' Fauna Bor.-Am.,' from a specimen killed on the Lower Saskat- 

 chawan, has been since obtained on Hudson's Bay, as recorded 

 by Mr. Murray, and on the Mackenzie by Mr. Ross. 



CoNTOPUS RICHARDSONII. 



The occurrence of this species in the interior rests on a spe- 

 cimen described in the ' Fauna Bor.-Am.,' from the same locality 

 as the last. 



