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and proudly started for home, more than satisfied with my 

 success. 



On the 27th of the same month I found the other pair of 

 Mississippi Kites nesting in the fork of a medium sized oak, about 

 forty feet from the ground. It was an old Crow's nest fitted up 

 with a few extra sticks and green twigs in leaf for lining. In the 

 nest there was one egg. I returned on the 2d of June for the 

 eggs, found the nest robbed and the birds sitting in a tree nearby, 

 but they appeared to take no notice of, or interest in, the nest as 

 I approached it. On July 5, in strolling over the grounds, I 

 noticed one of the birds on the same nest. In it there was one 

 egg in an advanced state of incubation, but with care I was 

 able to save it. Color, pure white ; measurements, 1.70 X 1 .35. 

 This nest and the ones examined of E. forjicatus were on the 

 breeding grounds of the common Crow, which accounts for the 

 robber}' and the few eggs found. 



MANITOBAN NOTES. 



BY ERNEST E. T. SETON. 



On the 8th of May I found a pair of the Bubo virginianus 

 arcticus in possession of an old nest, in the 'Big Swamp' on the 

 Assinaboine River, south of the 'Big Plain.' This nest was in- 

 distinguishable from that of a Red-tailed Buzzard. On the 15th 

 of May I went with my friend Dr. Gilbert and we brought 

 home the three young ones and the adult female. The nest con- 

 tained two Partridges (Bonasa) and a hare. The young ones 

 appeared to be about three weeks old ; the largest weighed 1 lb. 

 5 oz., and was about the size of an ordinary pullet. One of the 

 young ones was but half the size of the others ; all were clad in 

 white down, with the rudiments of black and white feathers 

 showing in the wings and on the back. Their horns were 

 plainly visible in the form of down tufts. 



The young ones favored us with the usual amount of bill- 

 snapping and hissing, but did not use their tremendous claws. 

 One of them was injured and died before we got home, the 



