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would rise rapidly to a height of a hundred feet or more, uttering 
a sweet, clear song ; after poising high in air and repeating this 
song for several minutes the singer would slowly float toward 
earth and alight 100 yards from’where he started, soon to repeat 
the same performance; we found a pair on the heights above Ben- 
nett, June 17th, and a few, possibly members of one family, at 
Circle, August 15-20. (Bzshop.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Twenty-three; one taken at Resolution Island, Hudson Bay in 
July, 1885, by Dr. R. Bell; one at Cape Prince of Wales, Hudson 
Strait, by Mr. Payne, July, 1886; young specimen taken on Mount 
Queest, B.C., July 27, 1889; four at Ottawa in September, 1890, by 
Dr. F. A. Saunders; one at Indian Head, Assa., September 16th, 
1891; two at Medicine Hat, Assa., April, 1894; two at Edmonton, 
Alta., April, 1897; one at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 2oth, 
1891; one at Banff, Rocky Mountains April 20th, 1891; six at 
Revelstoke, B.C. April, 1890; three at Huntington, B.C., Septem- 
ber 30th, 1gor, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
698. Meadow Pipit. 
Anthus pratensts (LINN.) BECHST. 1807. 
Received in Copenhagen by Dr. Paulsen from Greenland in 
1845. (Arct. Man.) 
699. Red-throated Pipit. 
Anthus cervinus (PALL.) Keys. & Bias. 1840. 
A specimen of this bird was obtained in Greenland in 1845 and 
makes the second record. (Zurner.) This species was accredited 
to the Aleutian Islands in 1853; and Dall records a specimen 
which was obtained at St. Michael during the Russian telegraph 
expedition. (lVelson.) 
700. Sprague’s Pipit. 
Anthus spraguent (AvUD.) BAIRD. 1864. 
Found breeding in great numbers on the prairie near Turtle 
Mountain and Mouse (Souris) River. (Coues.) A common sum- 
mer resident on the elevated prairies in the south and west of 
Manitoba in 1882. In 18921 failed to see or hear a single indi- 
