CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 395 
of Lake Winnipeg. (Azchardson.) JI once observed this bird at 
Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River, Lat. 62°. (Ross.) This 
is a common species at Indian Head and Crane Lake and 
in many other parts of eastern Assiniboia; rather common at 
Edmonton in northern Alberta, where it bred in small commun- 
ities in 1897. . It was common in 1895 between Moosejaw and Old 
Wives’ Lakes. This species requires even a wetter country than 
the red-wing for nesting in, as its nests are always in reeds or tall 
grass. It was common in June, 1895, at 12-Mile Lake, near Wood 
Mountain, building numerous nests in the dry reeds (7ypha lat- 
folia) and rushes (Scirpus lacustris). There were no eggs, yet on 
the same date in 1894, at Crane Lake, there were young in many 
nests and it was difficult toget unhatched eggs. The cause of the 
absence of eggs was evident by the lateness of the season, as on 
June 7th we had an all-day snow-storm. A few were seen at Wood 
Mountain Post; the last specimens ,were noted about 50 miles 
west of that point. Later, three specimens were noted at Spur 
Creek, north of Milk River and a few in its valley at Kennedy’s 
Crossing; only one specimen seen and shot on May 25th, 18go, 
at Revelstoke, B.C. (Spreadborough.) : 
Abundant at Chemawawin, near the Grand Rapids of the Sas- 
katchewan, breeding in aslough. (Vutting.) Scarce between the 
forks of the Saskatchewan, though frequently seen in company 
with the red-wings; breeding in the region. (Coubeaux.) <A rare 
summer resident on the mainland east of the Coast Range. I 
have taken it above Clinton on the Cariboo Road, B.C. (Fannin.) 
A young male was shot at Vernon, B.C. Mr. D. McKinley reports 
them as occasionally visiting the cattle corrals at Lac la Hache. 
(Rhoads.) 1 have two records of this species for Chilliwack, B.C. 
( Brooks.) 
BREEDING Notes.—-In one of the sloughs, where I spent most 
of the day wading about, sometimes up to my waist, and in some 
spots considerably deeper, a large number of nests were found, 
mostly containing nestlings, but afew with eggs. This was the last 
week of June. The nests were built much like those of the long- 
billed marsh wren, as far as the situation goes, being fixed toa 
tuft of reeds or bunch of tall rank marsh-grass, some stems of 
which pass through the substance. They were placed at varying 
elevations, but always far enough above the water to be out of 
danger of inundation. The nest is a light, dry, rustling structure, 
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