680 Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh : Ornithological Notes 



its nest during a heavy shower, with its bill pointing 

 heavenwards. 



Ardea herodias herodias. Great Blue Heron. 



For a little while a heron of this species frequented 

 Haunted Lakes, and another, Parlby Lake, during the late 

 summer, but I did not personally see any specimens. 



Porzana Carolina, Sora. 



This species seems to frequent every marsh in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Alix. Mr. Atkinson found a nest with three 

 eggs at Buffalo Lake on June 1, and at the same locality I 

 also found a nest with nine eggs and another containing 

 thirteen, on the 3rd and 9th of June respectively. These 

 nests were very cunningly concealed in dead rushes. On 

 July 8 I picked up a dead Sora which had flown against 

 the telegraph-wires in the main street of Alix. 



Fulica americana. American Coot. 



Quite the commonest bird on Buffalo Lake, where I found 

 many nests. The average clutch contained ten eggs. I saw 

 two nests with twelve and thirteen eggs respectively. 

 I found eggs in all stages of incubation on June 1. A pair 

 of birds attempted to build near our house, close to a pair 

 of Holboell's Grebes, on a small lake. Some nests were 

 built with landing stages. 



Steganopus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. 



I saw a pair of these birds at Buffalo Lake on June 3, 

 and later found them fairly common. I flushed a pair on 

 June 5 out of some dried grass^ where I feel sure tliey 

 intended nesting. 



Eecurvirostra americana. American Avocet. 



On a small lake near Buffalo Lake I saw a single bird on 

 June 3, where the previous year Mr. George Cook had 

 found several clutches. 



Gallinago delicata. Wilson^s Snipe, 



I found this species plentiful on Buffalo Lake and also 

 around Alix, where I flushed a bird off four eggs on July 18. 



