^°iQf«^^l Seton, Bird Records from Great Slave Lake. 71 



Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus togata. Generally distributed in 

 the woods up to Fort Resolution. Not seen or heard east of the Great 

 Slave Delta. 



Willow Ptarmigan. Lagopus lagopus. Very abundant on the Barrens, 

 where exclusively it breeds, migrating to the woods for the winter. 



Rough-legged Hawk. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. Generally 

 distributed from Fort Resolution to Aylmer Lake; evidently breeding. 



Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysaetos. Noted throughout the region from 

 Fort Resolution to Clinton-Colden Lake. 



Northern Bald Eagle. Halia^etus leucocephalus alascanus. Found 

 throughout the country around Great Slave Lake, but less common than 

 the Golden Eagle. On Sept. 23 I saw one pounce three times to catch a 

 fish, but without success. 



Duck Hawk. Falco peregrinus anatutn. Generally distributed; noted 

 at Artillery Lake and at Aylmer; evidently nesting. 



Pigeon Hawk. Falco columharius. Observed at several places on 

 Great Slave Lake in September, the most easterly being Fort Reliance, 

 Sept. 14. 



OsPREY. Pandion haliaetus carolmensis. Saw one at the narrows of 

 Great Slave Lake on Sept. 20. 



Great Gray Owl. Scotiaptex nebulosa. Saw only one during the sum- 

 mer. It was in the country south of Fort Resolution on July 11; evi- 

 dently breeding. 



Arctic Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus arcticus. Abundant about 

 Fort Resolution, and seen on the Great Slave River Delta; not observed 

 farther north. 



White Owl. Nyctea nyciea. First seen on north side of Clinton- 

 Colden Lake Aug. 11. But evidently it is of general distribution in the 

 Barren-grounds. 



Hawk Owl. Surnia ululacaparoch. Reported generally, but I saw 

 only one; that was collected by E. A. Preble on Artillery Lake Sept. 3. 

 It was at the Last Woods and had evidently come northward after nesting. 



Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus luteus. This was the only 

 woodpecker seen east of Fort Resolution; it was abundant all along the 

 route to the edge of the woods, that is, a point some 20 miles northeast of 

 Fort Reliance. It went southward about mid-September. 



Phcebe. Sayornis phoebe. Found nesting all along the route to Fort 

 Resolution and northeasterly as far at least as the narrows of Great Slave 

 Lake on the north shore at W. Long. 111°. 



HoYT Shore Lark. Otocoris alpestris hoyti. Common everywhere 

 on the Barrens north to Aylmer Lake; in full song Aug. 29. 



Canada Jay or Wiskajon. Perisoreus canadensis. Abundant every- 

 where to the edge of the woods, but not seen on the Barrens. 



Raven. Corvus corax sinuatus. Abundant everywhere. Once saw 

 28 together on the Barrens. 



CowBiRD. Molothrus ater. Slave River Delta, July 16. 



