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under bridges at Winnipeg ; tolerably common (apparently ?) as 
far west as Qu’Appelle. (See Thompson-Seton, p. 560.) Spread- 
borough spent a summer at Indian Head, about Io miles south of 
Qu’Appelle, and never saw or heard one and I am led to believe 
that the pair noted at Qu’Appelle and at Oak Point, Lake Mani- 
toba, was Contopus virens and not Sayornis phabe as the observer 
thought. (Macoun.) Apparently not common at the Grand 
Rapids of the Saskatchewan; only one specimen secured. 
(Nutting.) A pair hada nest beneath the wharf at Norway House, 
Keewatin, and several more nests were observed on June 28th, as 
we were passing through Hell Gate. The nests were placed on 
the cliffs overhanging the water. (Pvebles.) 
First saw one April Igth, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., next on 
May 7th, nesting under a bridge, nest built of weeds and moss, 
lined with grass and horse hair, rather bulky. On June 2nd 
found a nest with five eggs in a coal-shed. (Spreadborough.) First 
noticed at Athabasca Landing May 23rd, 1888. The commonest 
bird up the Athabasca to Lesser Slave River. Eggs had been 
incubated about a week on June Ist. Common up the Clearwater 
River, about Lat. 56° 30’, and not rare on Methye Portage; com- 
mon between Methye Lake and Islea la Crosse. (/. 17. Macoun.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Nest found 21st June at Lac des Isles, 
built on the end of a fallen tree overhanging the water, composed 
of mud, grass and moss, lined with fine grass and feathers; eggs, 
five, white. (G. R. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four ; two taken at Ottawa by the writer; one at Toronto by 
Mr. S. Herring; and one at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saunders. 
One set of four eggs taken at Port Hope, Ont., April 20th, 
1900, by Mr. N. H. Meeking. Nest of grass, wool, moss, hair, 
bark and various soft material, placed under a projecting bank of 
a creek 2% feet from the water. 
457. Say’s Phoebe. 
Sayornis saya (BONAP.) BAIRD. 1858. 
One specimen was observed at Indian Head, Assa., on May 2oth, 
1892, which was the only one seen; not uncommon at Medicine 
Hat and Crane Lake. Assa,, June, 1894; at Crane Lake a pair 
built a nest on the verandah of the farm house just as the phoebe 
