264 Taverner, Birds of Red Deer River, Alia. [April 



ADDENDA. 



We have received in addition to the specimens already cited the follow- 

 ing, collected by Dr. R. M. Anderson, Western Grebe, Mchmophorus occi- 

 dentalis, Dried Meat Lake, near Camrose, September 20, 1918. Horned 

 Grebe, Colymbus auritus; Greater and Lesser Yellow-legs, Totanus melano- 

 leucus and T. flavipes; Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus from Miquelon 

 Lake, near Camrose, September 29, 1918. 



The following species and notes should be added to the previous list: 



187.* Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte's Gull. — Farley reports 

 this species May 1, 1900 at Red Deer and May 13 and 16, 1917 at Camrose. 

 Anderson took a specimen, September 29, 1918 at Miquelon Lake. 



(12). Phalacrocorax auritus. Double-crested Cormorant. — Far- 

 ley reports that for many years this species bred on Miquelon Lake some 

 24 miles southeast of Edmonton where Anderson found evidence in Sep- 

 tember, 1918 of the current year's nesting in the form of nests said to be 

 Cormorant's. 



(13). Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. White Pelican. — Said by 

 Farley to have nested in numbers at Miquelon Lake until of late years 

 and it is not known as yet where they have removed to. At the height of 

 their nesting from 300 to 500 nests were to be seen on an island of not three 

 acres extent. 



(25). Clangula clangula. Goldeneye. — Farley reports that for 

 the past eight years Goldeneyes have nested in a blind brick chimney on 

 the R. B. Price house in Camrose, about five feet down. The young 

 clamber up the flue to the top, tumble off and roll down the roof to the 

 ground where they are gathered up and conveyed to the water by human 

 friends, where the mother invariably awaits to receive them. Every 

 spring ducks visit many chimneys in town as if prospecting for nesting 

 sites. My informant queries, " Would these be the young that have 

 remembered a similar nesting home? " The facts suggest the affirmative. 



(29). Chen hyperboreus. Snow Goose. — Fleming informs me that 

 he has examined the head of one of Horsbrough specimens, probably one 

 of those he cites, and declares it to be the Lesser, C. h. hyperboreus. 



(35). Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Anderson on an 

 island in Miquelon Lake, September, 1918 found nests of this species to- 

 gether with those of Cormorants on the ground. The specific identity 

 was supplied by Mr. Farley and other good report. 



(36). Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — Farley reports finding 

 a crane nest on Spotted Lake near Buffalo Lake in May 1895. Dr. George 

 of Red Deer also informs me that he took crane eggs on a small pond near 

 Innisfail May 24, 1896. Undoubtedly these were G. mexicana. 



188. Grus americana. Whooping Crane.— Dr. George of Red 

 Deer informs me that he has not seen Whooping Cranes near Red Deer 

 for some years, inferring their former presence but stating that he never 

 ound them breeding. 



