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mer of 1902. (Spreadborough.) A very few small ‘‘ hummers” 
frequenting the interior and southern Rocky Mountain districts, 
B.C., were probably S. calliope. (Rhoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Five ; two taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains ; two at Deer 
Park, Columbia River, B.C.; and one at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., all 
by Mr. Spreadborough. 
' One set of two eggs taken at Elka Station, on the Crow’s Nest 
Pass Railway, B.C., June, 1900, by Mr. J. Keele. The nest differs 
from that of the rufous humming-bird in being smaller and having 
less lichen on the outside. It was fastened to the small twigs of 
a dead branch of a spruce tree. 
ORDER PASSERES:, (PERCHING Bimps: 
Famity XXXVIII. TYRANNIDA. Tyrant Frycatcuers. 
CLX. MUSCIVORA Lacépépe. 
442. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. 
Muscivora forficata. (GMEL.) OBERHOLSER. IQOI. 
The swallow-tailed flycatcher ((Juscivora forficata) is such a 
characteristically southern bird that its accidental occurrence in 
Manitoba is worthy of note. Last January I was showna splendid 
specimen taken at Portage la Prairie by Mr. Nash. He found it 
lying dead on the prairie on the 20th October, 1884. Its 
stomach was empty and the bird very emaciated, although in fine 
plumage. On fhe previous night there was a sharp frost. In 
addition to this record, I quote the following rather startling 
statement from the report on the Hudson Bay,, by Professor Bell, 
of the Canadian Geological Survey, 1882. ‘‘ But the most singular 
discovery in regard to geographical distribution is the finding of 
the scissor-tail, or swallow-tailed flycatcher (Musctvora forficata) 
at York Factory, Hudson Bay. The specimen in the Government 
Museum was shot at York Factory in the summer of 1880, and I 
have learned since that these remarkable birds were occasionally 
seen at the posts of the Hudson Bay Company, all the way west 
to the valley of the Mackenzie River.” (Zhompson-Seton.) 
On July gth, 1899, the writer was out in the country about 26 
miles north of Winnipeg, and being out for a walk about 5:3 
