70 Seton, Bird Records from Great Slave Lake. [jan^ 



Lesser Snow Goose. Chen hyperborea. Saw a flock at the narrows 

 of Great Slave Lake Sept. 20. 



Gray Wavey. Anser albifrons gambeli. Saw three at the west end of 

 Lake Aylmer Aug. 15, and others on the north shore of the same lake on 

 the two following days. 



Canada Goose. Branta canadensis. Appears generally distributed 

 up to the limit of trees. Saw a pair with their brood near Kahdinouay 

 Island, Great Slave Lake, July 19. 



HuTCHiNS Goose. Branta canadensis hutchinsii. This is known to 

 be the fonn of the Barren-grounds proper, so a flock of 20 seen near the 

 southern end of Artillery Lake Sept. 9 were probably of this race. 



Whistling Swan. Olor columbianus. Not seen until the autumn 

 migration; then saw two or three hundred in small flocks of 3 to 12 on 

 Sept. 22, 23, 24 and 25, around the mouth of Great Slave River. 



Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus. Generally distributed in Great 

 Slave River region and quite common in the Delta about Fort Resolution 

 but not noted farther east. 



Little Brown Crane. Grus canadensis. Generally distributed along 

 Great Slave River. Common about Fort Resolution. Observed once 

 only east of that: — on Sept. 14 saw a flock of 6 flying easterly over Fort 

 Reliance. 



Carolina Rail. Porzana Carolina. This species was common in the 

 region south and up to Fort Resolution, but not noted farther northward 

 or eastward. 



Yellow Rail. Porzana noveboracensis. The peculiar flint-and-steel 

 notes of this furtive species were heard frequently in the marshy country 

 50 miles south of Fort Resolution, along Little Buffalo Run, but no farther. 



Northern Phalarope. Phalaropus lobatus. One seen near Sandhill 

 Bay, Aylmer Lake, Aug. 20. 



Wilson Snipe. Gallinago delicata. Abundant in all the bogs along 

 Great Slave River to the Delta. Not seen beyond. 



Baird Sandpiper. Actodromas bairdi. Noted on Casba River Aug. 8, 

 and on Aylmer Lake Aug. 13. 



Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ereunetes pusillus. During early August 

 great flocks were seen on the Barrens but all disappeared by the middle 

 of the month. 



Lesser Yellowlegs. Totanus flavipes. A few seen on Casba River 

 Aug. 8. 



Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Abundant and breeding all 

 along the Great Slave River and adjoining country, also sparingly from 

 Fort Resolution, the whole length of Great Slave Lake to the edge of the 

 woods. Saw it twice on the Barrens; at the east arm of Clinton-Colden 

 Aug. 11, and on Aylmer Lake in mid-August. 



Semipalmated Plover. /Egialitis semipalmata. Saw a few breeding 

 birds on Artillery Lake in early August, and an occasional one on Aylmer 

 Lake about the middle of the month. 



