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of a small lake. On May 12th, 1916, a nest containing eleven fresh eggs was found in the hay-loft 
of a log barn built on the shore of an alkaline lake. The nest was concealed in the hay under 
one of the big cross-beams. The loft was open in many places between the logs; there was also 
a large opening at the end of the building, and through this the female visited the nest. 
4 ‘BUFFLE-HEAD (Charitonetta albeola). 
os _ A common resident. A set of ten partly incubated eggs was taken on May 22nd, 1915. The 
nest was in an old flicker’s hole, 40 feet from the ground, at the top of a dead Douglas fir on 
~the shore of a small alkaline lake. he cavity was much enlarged by decay, and at a touch 
ji he whole side pulled away and exposed the eggs in their bed of down. The same nest had 
_ evidently been used for several years, as there were fragments of old shells in the bottom of 
the hole and mixed through the down. 
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_ Long-BILLepD Dowircner (Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus ). 
i ~ An adult male in summer plumage taken on July 30th, 1915, and two immature males taken 
on September 9th, 1916, are the only Okanagan records. 
_ Least Sanppirer (Pisobia minutilla). ; 
ae 
-, Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when 
_ five were seen. A few seen daily until May 11th. 
_ YELLOw-LEGS (Totanus flavipes). 
} Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when 
_ one was seen which remained in the vicinity until May 11th. 
 Ricwarpson’s Grouse (Dendragopus obscurus richardsoni). 
On May 3rd, 1916, a nest containing ten fresh eggs was found under an old rail fence. The 
_ nest was a shallow depression in the ground § inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, well lined 
with pine-needles and grouse-feathers. A nest with seven partly incubated eggs was found in 
a a similar situation on May 13th, 1915. 
 Marsn Hawk (Cireus hudsonius). 
" Two pair found breeding at Swan Lake. Nest and eggs taken on May 15th and May 18th. 
he nests were loosely constructed of sticks, weed-stalks, and dry grass, built in the marsh 
20 yards from shore. The tules had been beaten down for a distance of 3 feet around the nest, 
forming a small clearing in the marsh. 
_ GosHawk (Astur atricapillus atricapillus). 
“a All specimens taken here appear to be referable to this form. Both adults and young are 
_ much paler than examples of striatulus from the Coast. 
Pyemy Own (Glaucidium gnema gnoma). 
Common summer resident, more plentiful in the region of Murray pine and larch. A nest 
containing seven downy young was found in a deserted woodpecker hole, 30 feet from the 
_ ground, in a dead larch, on June 9th, 1915. 





~ Arctic THREE-ToED WooprecKeR (Picoides arcticus). 
_ Resident in the Canadian Zone. Less common than fasciatus. A breeding female was 
taken on the Nalun Plateau on May 30th, 1916. 
_ ALASKA THREE-TOED WooprecKeR (Picoides americanus fasciatus). 
- : . : ® 
A common resident in the Canadian Zone, preferring the burnt areas of spruce and larch. 
Paken on the Nahun Plateau, at Shuswap Falls, and Little White Mountain. A juvenal male 
collected at Shuswap Falls on June 17th showed the yellow crown patch, but more restricted 
_ than in the adult male. 
