BIRDS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE 173 
of the Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculture, 
Ottawa, in two areas near Aweme, in southern Manitoba: 
Area No. 1 consists of seventy-six acres, comprising chiefly 
unbroken prairie surrounded by low woods, chiefly aspen 
poplar, and scrub lands. It also includes farm-buildings and 
gardens containing ornamental shrubs and trees. The follow- 
ing is the result of the census of birds breeding in this area: 
NAME oF Birp 1914 | 1915 | 1916 
Pairs | Pairs | Pairs 
Upland plover 1 1 
Canadian ruffed grouse : ay 
Prairie sharp-tailed grouse 
Black-billed cuckoo 
Downy woodpecker 
American crow 
Whippoorwill 
Nighthawk 
Least flycatcher 
— 
mH bo eee. 
American goldfinch 
Prairie horned lark 
—_ 
OTM eee NNER ONOCHENNE EWE: 
Western vesper sparrow 
Chipping sparrow 
Clay-coloured sparrow 
Rose-breasted grosbeak 
Barn swallow 
Cedar-bird 
Red-eyed vireo 
Warbling vireo 
Orange-crowned warbler 
Yellow warbler 
Sprague’s pipit 
Brown thrasher 
0 
2 
1 
9 
2 
6 
Long-tailed chickadee 
American robin 
Bluebird 
Total number of breeding pairs 
Total number species of birds 
