from the Alix and Buffalo Lake Districts. 687 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. 

 This species nests commonly around Buffalo Lake in the 

 reeds. I first noticed nests with eggs on June 3. 



Agelseus phceniceus fortis. Thick- billed Red-winged Black- 

 bird. 



In company with the Yellow-headed Blackbird this species 

 also nested abundantly in the district and in almost every 

 slough around Alix. I found eggs on June 2 at the former 

 place, and many more elsewhere subsequently. 



Sturnella neglecta. Western Meadowlark. 



A very common summer resident everywhere. I did not 

 succeed in finding any nests of this species. 



It has a most striking and musical song, and prefers to 

 sing from a telegraph-pole or fence-post. 



Quiscalus quiscala quiscala. Purple Grackle. 



I observed this species in fair numbers at Buffalo Lake 

 and Alix. At the former place I found several nests on 

 June 2 ready for eggs, and on June 10 two clutches of 

 three eggs. 



Passer doinesticus domesticus. House-Sparrow, 

 At Haunted Lakes on April 17 I saw three or four 

 pairs of this species and a few in Alix, but on December 2 

 this number had increased to over thirty. I did not observe 

 any at Bufi'alo Lake. 



Astragalinus tristis tristis. Goldfinch. 

 Not a very common summer visitant. I first observed a 

 pair on July 3 at Alix. 



Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow-Bunting. 

 A flock of ten appeared near the house on November 16 

 and they have since been numerous throughout the district. 



