1:5^ Bird Notes. 



idi-cd ;iih1 Slri;il(Mi 1 '.ii-(l;il<)t('s wciT :ilsii [ilt'ii I i I'll I. .Mr. 

 • lacksdii ;ii;;iiii kiiuily icpl^'iiislicd our liickcrliox willi iMvad 

 mid IxM'f. ;nid we wciil on lo ciiiii) some i'cw iiiilcs on 1 lie 

 V;nidaiii;i side. This <'\riiiii^ we sa\v qui ic a iiuiiiIxm- of ( 'iiiua 

 nioiidtackcd i;roiiiiil l»ii-dv. rciMlinM in lairlv oju-ii sallhnsli 

 (•(niiili-y. al(»n,u llic i-oad. While ai lliis canij) wv found a n<'si 

 oi" the ^'^'llo^\•-taik conlaininii t \V() o<i\us — ll\(' only tinu' we nnd 

 \x']\\\ I iivsc birds. Al'lcr jinssin^' i]irou_i;h Ihc tVncc inio 

 Xow South NN'aU's ai;ain wf cainr to Si. (icorjiv's Tank. an<l 

 (roin lli("r<' InriK'd dui- ncnili lowaids I'^ui (Ircv. W'c had 

 aj;ain lakcii Sit-down -Mniniy on lioai-d ai Tilch;' ( )Mr-sta I ion, lo 

 which lie had returned ahead of us. The resi of lliis da\ was 

 s|«'n( in ^'<)in,!L;' o\<'i- sandhills, wliicli now ran across oni- irack 

 inst^i'ad of i)arallt'l lo il, and those loo stei'|) lo ^o oNcr we had 

 to i*nn down until a crossin<;-plac<' was foun(L Our hea\ily- 

 ladeii cars wei-<' |iul lo considerabh' strain, hiii stood it well, ami 

 as <'\<'ninii fell \\<* reacln-d Fori ('ire\- Ilul on Tinnai-oo Lake 



Bird Notes, 



DKCE.Mr.i:!^ I'.ti'l. 



— Hy .1. W. Melh.]-. Lock leys.— 



Quite a numlxM- of Scr(H'ch ()wls i 7'///o dllxi dcJical iila ) 

 have been ahoni durini; iIh' nn)nili. On nH)onli,iihl ni_nhts their 

 screechini:,' notes can be heard on every side. They are very 

 ({iiiet and will allow one to stand beneath the bouuh and pize 

 at them. The faint low scree(dies of younu birds were Iveard 

 (■(sminj: from a hollow in an old ti-ee. lIooluMsk Owls 

 ( SpiJof/ldil.t hoohool: iiKii'iiionild ) ha\<' also been callini;' loudly 

 and doubtless lia\(' their nests nea.r their more (hdicately 

 [,'!u mailed cousins. 



()u Ih'cendier 1st a line old male of i lie Ked-rumjied Grass 

 I'airot { l'x(j)li()l IIS Jidi'iiKitonol IIS ) Hew ]msi: with its well- 

 known sharj) wliistlinjj;- call, and aij;ai.ii on the 7th I flushed two 

 that were feediuii' on ui-ass .seeds at Lockk'ys. Some tw<Mity or 

 thirty years ajL^o they w<'re one of the most comuKMi birds at the 

 IveedlK^ls. I also noted a \\'hite-cheek<'d liosella i /'hil i/ccrciisi 

 (uriniiiifi) on the same day at Lockk'ys. 



On l)<'ceinber lllh a jtair of Meroi)s {(Utsmdrrops onidhis) 

 was s<Hm at Lockk'ys. !''.vidently they were on the lookiuij for 



suitable nest inu' (|uarl<'rs. 



