524 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



British North America, as far as I can ascertain, that it inhabits in the 

 prairie country that lies to the south and west of Lake Winnipeg 

 (Blakiston). Portage la Prairie : 1884; scarce summer resident; first 

 seen May 23; occasionally seen in April and May, and again in Septem- 

 ber, generally near the Assiuiboiue Eiver; not observed near the Red 

 Eiver (Nash). Tolerably common summer resident at Carberry; not 

 known to breed; near Turtle Mountain; Fort Ellice; Cote's Reserve 

 (Thompson). Two Rivers : Rare ; two seen hovering over bank of river, 

 May 2 (Criddle). Shot near Westbourne in 1881 (Macoun). Upper 

 Assiniboiue (Bell). Plains of the Souris near Pipestone Creek (Hurd, 

 July, 1858). Qu'Appelle: Common summer resident ; breeds ; arrives 

 May 20 (Guernsey). Shell River : 1885, first seen, two, on April 25;liere 

 all summer at times, but not breeding (Calcutt). 



lu Minnesota, abundant; breeding. The Turkey Buzzard usually selects the hol- 

 low prostrate trunk of a large tree for its nest. I found young birds nearly fledged 

 as late as the 29th of July. There are usually two young, occasionally but one 

 This bird is capable of withstanding considerable cold. I saw it on the 24th of Octo- 

 ber, and again on the 8th of December. (T. M. Trippe.) 



104. Elauoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. 



A rare straggler; observed in northern Minnesota near the boundary 

 (Thompson). Occasional at Pembina (Coues). Winnipeg: Accidental 

 visitant; rare (Efine). Noticed at Selkirk, Pembina Mountains, and 

 Fort Qu'Appelle (Hunter). 



105. Circus hudsonius. Harrier, or Marsh Hawk. 



Abundant summer resident, chiefly in the prairie regions; common 

 along the boundary from Pembina to Rockies : next found at Pembina 

 (Coues). Duft'erin: Arrived before April 15 (Dawson). Winnipeg: 

 Summer resident; abundant (Hine). Spring of 1859; did not observe it 

 before the 28th of that month (April) at Red River Settlement (Blak- 

 iston). Ossowa: Common; breeding, 1885; last seen, one on November 

 12 (Wagner). Oak Point: 1881, arrived April 27; 1885, first seen, one 

 on April 8; is common and breeds here (Small). Portage la Prairie: 

 1884; very common summer resident; first seen April 11; birds in the 

 full blue plumage being occasionally seen; arrive early in April; are 

 abundant by the middle of the month; depart at the end of October 

 (Nash). Carberry: Our commonest hawk ; summer resident near Turtle 

 Mountain; near Shoal Lake, west; the adults in blue plumage com- 

 mon in spring and fall, rare at other times (Thompson). Brandon : April 

 10, 1882 (Wood). Common in the Winnepegosis region, but exceedingly 

 abundant on the marshy prairies from Livingston southward along the 

 Assiniboine, September, 1881 (Macoun). Qu'Appelle: Common sum- 

 mer resident; breeds; arrives April 15 (Guernsey). Adult male, Cum- 

 berland House (Richardson). Severn House (Murray). 



September 28, 1882 : The full pluma'ged Gray Harriers are here once 

 more. This bird comes earlier in the spring than the brown plumaged 



