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slope of Duck Mountain, common (Thompson). Cumberland House: 

 June, 1827 (Richardson). 



On June 12, 1884, at Duck Mountain, I shot a Richardson's Pewee. 

 The species seems quite common. In manners, habits, and note, it is a 

 much sprightlier bird than its cousin virens. Instead of the drawling 

 2he e re e of the eastern bird, the usual note of this one is a loud, em- 

 phatic '^ right-here,''^ which sounds peculiarly appropriate, when, gun in 

 hand, one is cautiously and laboriously following the playful bird 

 through the dense willows it frequents, and inwardly and intensely 

 asking oneself: Where in the name of goodness has he got to now ? 



This species commonly frequents the open woods and willow thickets, 

 while the virens seems to keep to the higher, heavier timber. 



153. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Summer resident in woodlands. Duck Mountain, June 11, 1884, 

 shot a flycatcher that was uttering continually a note like '•'■ che-hlic ;''"' 

 it was all over of a greenish color, but yellow on the belly ; it answers 

 fairly well to the description oi flaviventris, but is very like an Acadian 

 shot yesterday ; evidently the species is breeding here (Thompson). 



154. Empidonax acadicus. Acadian Flycatcher. 



Summer resident in woodlands. Breeding commonly at Manitoba 

 House, June 15, 1881; nest taken somewhat like a Yired's (Macoun). 

 Binscarth: Duck Mountain; common (Thompson). 



June 10, 1884, Duck Mountain: Collected Acadian Flycatcher to-day; 

 it seems quite common here. June 12, Duck Mountain : Collected 

 another Acadian Flycatcher; the species is quite common here. 



155. Empidonax pusillus traillii. Traill's Flycatcher. 



Summer resident, and doubtless much more widely diffused and 

 common than these fragmentary observations would seem to indicate; 

 common at Pembina during the migration in the first week of June 

 (Cones). Lake Manitoba: June 17, 1881; only one specimen procured 

 (Macoun). 



156. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. 



Very abundant summer resident of open groves ; very abundant at 

 Pembina; found also in Turtle Mountain; breeding (Cones). Lake 

 Manitoba: nesting (McTavish). Shoal Lake: May 15 and 23, 1887 

 (Christy). Oak Point: 1884, arrived May 11; 1885, first seen, one, 

 on May 22; is common, and breeds here (Small). Portage la Prairie: 

 Common summer resident; arrives about May 16 (Nash). Found at 

 Lake Manitoba and Red Deer River ; also very common in the woods 

 at Manitoba House; June 14,1881 (Macoun). Carberry: Abundant 

 summer resident; Turtle Mountain (Thompson). 



On May 22, 1882, at land office, Turtle Mountain, saw Least Fly- 

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