452 Seton, Becent Bird Records for Manitoba. [q"^ 



<S^ adult taken at Winnipeg in 1894 by E. Wilson, now in possession 

 of J. K. Hardy of St. Boniface. 



(^ adult taken at Winnipegosis on 13 April, 1S9S, by J. J. G. Rosser. 



The last year in which the Pigeons came to Manitoba in force was 1878. 

 Next year they were comparatively scarce, and each year they have become 

 more so. In the early 80's a few were seen each season. The above 3 

 specimens were the last reliable recorded. None have been seen since. 

 It is interesting to note that 1878 was also the last year of the vast Buffalo 

 herds on the Saskatchewan. 



In my own collection are three specimens of Passenger Pigeon: — yg. 

 c?, taken at Carberry, Man., by Miller Christy, 30 Aug., 1883. Adult 

 d^ and 9 , taken at Fort Holmes, Ind. T., by C. Dewar, Jan., 1889. 



Swallow-tailed Kite. Elanoides forficatus. Geo. Grieve tells me 

 that two have been taken at W'innipeg, one in 1889 and one in 1892. 

 Neither seen by me. 



Cooper Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. On May 10, 1907, at Edmonton, 

 Alberta, Ed. A. Preble and myself saw at short range in the woods, a 

 Cooper Hawk. It could have been collected, had we had a gun. (This 

 is of course far beyond Manitoba, but an interesting find that should be 

 recorded.) 



Krider Hawk. Buteo borealis krideri. Three specimens of this beauti- 

 ful hawk have been taken at Winnipeg: one shot at Rosenfeld by Charles 

 ■Stewart, Sept. 20, 1905; two now in the collection of A. Calder. 



Broad-winged Hawk. Buteo platypterus. In my collection are two 

 specimens, one collected near Winnipeg May 3, 1905, by Ashley Hine. 



It is reported from various parts of the Province where well timbered, 

 and is generally distributed though not abundant. A. Calder has a 

 beautiful melanistic specimen killed at Winnipeg, April, 1907. 



Red Roughleg; Gopher Hawk. Archibuteo ferrugineus. One in 

 the collection of E. W. Darby was shot in 1895 at Neverville, fifteen miles 

 southwest of Winnipeg, by Geo. Grieve. There is another specimen in 

 the Manitoba Museum. 



?Gray Gyrfalcon. Falco rusticolus. A specimen was killed near 

 Winnipeg in the fall of 1904 and mounted bj^ E. W. Darby for the Mani- 

 toba Museum. 



Richardson Merlin. Falco richardsoni. A fine specinien was killed 

 in Winnipeg during the summer of 1900 and brought in the flesh to A. Cal- 

 der in whose collection it now is. It is said to be a regular summer resi- 

 dent along the Souris River. 



Barred Owl. Syrnium, varium. In my collection is a Barred Owl 

 taken at Winnipeg, March 30, 1906, by Harry Jones. E. W. Darby writes 

 me that he had four taken at Winnipeg in 1906, and one early in April, 

 1908. 



At Portage la Prairie I was shown a female taken by G. E. Atkinson 

 May 19, 1899. 



J. S. Charleson writes me that on May 9, 1901, while canoeing up the 



