CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3 
numbers in Waterhen Lake and the southern end of L ike Winni- 
pegoosis. It is found in most lakes of the prairie regi sn but pre- 
fers the lakes in the forest country north of the Saskatchewan. 
In 1892 it arrived at Indian Head in eastern Assiniboia on May 
11th. At that time their stomachs contained feathers, water- 
insects and a specimen of Amblystoma mavortium seven inches 
long. Early in June a nest was taken containing eight eggs of a 
dirty white colour. The nest was made of bullrushes (Scirpus 
lacustris) and floated on the surface of the water. It has been 
found breeding by Macfarlane in Lat. 68° 30’, Long. 128° west, so 
that its breeding grounds extend from Lat. 50° to the Arctic Sea. 
Nelson states that it breeds on the Yukon and at Norton Sound, 
and Fannin that it breeds throughout northern British Columbia, 
so we may conclude that its breeding grounds are co-extensive 
with the lakes of the northern forest. It is a winter resident 
along the Pacific coast of British Columbia. On April 27, 1887, 
it was seen in large flocks in Nanaimo harbour and along the 
whole coast toComox. A few days later they all disappeared. 
Reported by Brooks to be a common winter resident on Okana- 
Sag dale, B.C. 
BREEDING NoTres.—Common at Indian Head, Assa., in the 
spring of 1892. Breeding in pairs in the reeds along the margins 
of the lakes. Nest made of reeds, grass and mud, attached to the 
growing reeds or masses of dead vegetable matter. (Spreadborough.) 
Breeds alongthe margin of Snake Lake, Alberta. (Dippie.) At 
Shoal Lake, Manitoba, on June oth, 1894, I found this species 
breeding abundantly. The nests contained an average of five eggs 
each. All the nests had the eggs covered with weeds, which is 
the usual habit of this family, for all the Grebes cover their eggs 
in the daytime, but when suddenly disturbed from their nests the 
bird has not time to take this precaution. Two or three pairs 
breed at Long Lake, Manitoba, and this species also breeds 
abundantly at Gull Lake, northern Alberta. (Razne.) My notes 
record but two nests of this Grebe, one contained four and the 
other five eggs, and both were found at a distance of some 40 or 
50 miles south of Fort Anderson. (JMJacfarlane.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. ; 
Our specimens are three males and one female obtained at 
Ottawa, Ont., Toronto, Ont., and at Indian Head, Assa. Oneset 
of seven eggs taken June Ioth, 1892, in a small lake at Indian 
Head, Assa., by Spreadborough. 
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