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liorc, and evidently breeding. Its lond ringing notes are to be heard 

 on all sides among the timber on the mountain sl()[>es and in the blutfs 

 that dot the plain. Unfortunately, my ettorts to find a uest were not 

 successful. The habits of this fine bird exliibit much of the dasli and 

 style of the Wood Thrushes ; it manifests a preference for the more 

 oi)en woods, and, wheu singing, is often perched on the to[» of some 

 isolated tuee. 



205. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towbee. 



about renibina, breeding (Coues). Winnipeg : Summer resident toler- 

 ably common (Hiue). Northwest to Selkirk Settlement (Brewer). Oak 

 Point, 1885 : First seen, two on May 18, next seen on May 19; is common 

 and breeds here (Small). Portage la Prairie: Common summer resident; 

 arrives about June 1, departs about September 20 (iNash). Carberry : 

 Common summer resident of dry, sheltered scrublands (Thompson). 



On July 5, 1883, shot a Towhee female, length 8; the species 

 is quite common along the dry, sunny, scrubby banks of the slough to 

 the east. The common song is like ^'- ChiLclc-burrpiU awill-awill a,^^ it 

 has also a note like " Ticee (not Towhee). 



liy August 30, tlie Towhee seems to have gone. 



As Southern Manitoba is about the northmost region of this bird's 

 distribution, full observations on its h)cal habitat may result in con- 

 clusions of general interest on the subject, as the reasons for its choice of 

 locality will [»robably be much more apparent than in its metropolis. 



206. Pipilo niaculatus arcticus. Arctic Tow lice. 



Aloiij^ the parallel of 49 degrees tliiis form becomes esliiblislioc-l, jit, least, as far cast aa 

 the Mouse River, where I secured a specimen in September Hi, 1871) (Dr. Coues). 



207. Habia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



Comnnin summer resident of thickets; breeding in abundance at 

 Pembina (Coues). Winnipeg: Summer resident ; abundant; found it as 

 far north as Fairford (Hine), north to Selkirk Settlement ( Brewer). Oak 

 Point, 1884: Arrived March 20 (small). Portage la Prairie: Tolerably 

 common summer resident, arrives about May 22. I found a nest June 7, 

 containing two eggs; departs early, probably as soon as the young can 

 fly ; not found by me near Winnipeg (Nash). At Lake Manitoba and lied 

 Kiver abundant, probably breeding (Macoun). Carberry: Tolerably 

 common summer resident (Thompson). Two Eivers, 1885 : Saw one 

 on May 25 (Criddle). Shell Eiver 1885 : First seen one male on May 

 11; seen every day afterwards; is common all summer and breeds here 

 (Calcutt). 



On June 28, 1883, in a spruce thicket among the sandhills, I noticed 

 a large black and white bird, singing a song somewhat like that of the 

 Oriole. The song was strong and spirited ; on my nearer approach, the 



