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145. Trochilus colubris. liiiby-lliroiitod Iliimiuiiig Bird. 



Tolerably comnioii suumier resident of sheltered gardeus. Quite 

 coininoii at Pembina; not seen west of this point (Cones). Dulferiu: 

 Arrived May 17, 1874 (Dawson). Known about the gardens of Red 

 Kiver Settlement (Tjlakiston). Winnipeg: Summer resident: tolerably 

 common as far north as Big Island Lake, Manitoba (Iline). Oak Point: 

 1884; arrived May 25 (Small). Portage la Prairie : Common summer 

 resident ; arrives about June 3; also near Winnipeg (Nash). Specimens 

 seen on lied Deer liiver, at the head of Lake Winnepegosis, August IG, 

 ISSl (Macoun). Not observed on the Big Plain (Thompson). August 

 29, south slope of Hiding Mountain, humming birds were observed ; Bad 

 Woods; "First humming bird was noticed here" (Hind, 1858). Shell 

 River: 1885; first seen June 3 fCalcutt). (^u'Appelle: Occasional; not 

 plentiful (Guernsey). Norquay : 1884 (Christy). 



146. Milvulus forficatus. Scissor-tuiled Flycatcher. 



Accidental visitant. Winnipeg: Accidental (Hine). Portage la Prai- 

 rie: One found by Mr. C. W. Nash, 2d October, 1884. 



The Swallow-tailed P'lycatcher {Milvulus forjicatus) is such a charac- 

 teristically southern bird that its accidental occurrence in Manitoba is 

 worthy of note. Last January I was shown a splendid specimen taken 

 at Portage la Prairie by Mr. Nash. He found it lying dead on the 

 prairie on the 20th October of 1884. Its stonuich was empty, and the bird 

 was very emacuited, although in tine plumage. On the i)revious night 

 there was a sharp frost. In addition to this record, I quote the follow- 

 ing rather startling statement from the Report on the Hudson Bay, by 

 Professor Bell, of the Canadian Geological Survey, 1882: 



But the most siiignlnr discovery in regard to geographical distribution is the fiuding 

 of the Scissors-tail, or Swallow-tail, Flycatclier (Milvulus forjicatus Sw.) at York 

 Factory. *" * * The specimen iu the Goveruinent Museum was shot at York Fac- 

 tory in the summer of 1880, and I have learned since that these remarkable birds 

 were occasioually seen at the posts of the Hudson's Bay Company, all the way Avest to 

 the valley of the Mackenzie Eivcr. — E. E. T. 



147. Tyrannus tyrauaus. Kingbird. 



Very abundant summer resident wherever there are any trees; ex- 

 tremely numerous at Pembina; breeding; abundant along the line west- 

 ward to the Rockies (Cones). Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant 

 (Hine). Big Ridge: Most common of all was the tyrant flycatcher (. If «s- 

 cicapa tyrannus) which endeavored to hold undisputed sway over the 

 bluff he had selected as his home ( Hind). Ossowa: Breeding (Wagner). 

 Oak Point : 1884, arrived June 3 ; 1885, first seen, one, on May 21; next 

 seen, one, on Ma> 22; is common and breeds liere (Small). Portage la 

 Prairie: Very common; summer resident; arrives about May 17; 

 departs the first week in September; in 1884, first seen, May 17 (Nash). 

 Veiy common throughout the Winnepegosis region examined in 1881; 



