ICO Seton on the Birds of Westef/t Ma)iitoba. [April 



41. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. Wild Goose. — Tolerably 

 common summer resident all over; abundant in the migrations. Arrives 

 in April : departs late in October. 



41 a. Branta canadensis hutchinsi. Hutchins's Goose. — Taken on 

 Red River by Kennicott. 



42. Branta bernicla. Brant. — Occurs as a migrant on Big Plain. No 

 specimens taken. 



43. Olor columbianus. Whistling Swan. — Not uncommon about 

 the large lakes. Not demonstrated to breed. 



44. Olor buccinator Trumpeter Swan. — This species doubtless 

 occurs as a migrant though I can give no authentic records. 



45. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern.- — Common summer 

 resident all over. Throughout the Winnipegoosis region. North to 

 York Factory. Arrives about the middle of Maj' ; departs in October. 



46. Botaurus exilis. Least Bittern. — One taken by Mr. Hine, near 

 Winnipeg. 



47. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Not noted by me any- 

 where in the Assiniboine region, though reported a "tolerably common 

 summer resident'" at Qj^i'Appelle. A very rare summer visitant at Por- 

 tage la Prairie (iVrt^//). More common in the Red River Valley. "Shot 

 on Swan River. April 2Sth. iSSi. Not very common." Said to be com- 

 mon on the Duck Mountain. 



48. Nycticoraxnycticoraxnaevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. — 

 Rather common summer resident along the Red River and at Shoal Lake. 



Professor Macoun gives the Green Heron as "rather common on the 

 Assiniboine, near the mouth of Shell River. September 25, iSSi." 

 Surely this remark should refer to the present species, which he omits 

 altogether. 



49. Grus americana. Whooping Crane. Flying Sheep. — Tolerably 

 common migrant all over. "Breeding in the marshes at Moose Moun- 

 tain" {Macoii9i). Also, I am informed, at Shoal Lake, near the south- 

 east corner of Lake Manitoba. 



50. Grus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. Sandhill Cr.\ne. — 

 Common summer resident all over. Norway House. Arrives April 21 : 

 departs late in September. 



51. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — Summer resident about 

 Winnipeg. Throughout Winnipegoosis region, "not common." 



52. Porzana Carolina. Sora. Common Rail. — ^Abundant summer 

 resident all over. Have taken half-a-dozen nests in a day, on the Duck 

 Mountain. "Common west of Porcupine Mountain, ■ and at the head of 

 Swan River, September i, 18S1." 



53. Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. Water Sparrow. — 

 On the 13th of July, 1883, a specimen of this Rail was brought to me alive 

 by a farmer, who caught it in a slough where he was cutting wild hay. 

 Being just then called away, I placed the bird in a coop, and on my return 

 it was gone. But the record is, I believe, safe, especiall}' as Hutchins re- 

 ported the species from Hudsons Bay. 



