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of an indistinct hue, but very bright and general. Below the red 

 was that of a male Pine Grosbeak and above like that of an Ameri- 

 can Crossbill. The wings and tail were like the common English 

 Sparrow's, as were also the size and shape. The bird was twice 

 seen afterwards by interested people. 



Finally, a Meadowlark {Sturnella magna) was seen January 10 

 on the rifle-range, a fact (juite as unusual as the wintering here of the 

 Robins. 



It is clear from the foregoing that we were unusually well supplied 

 with birds during last winter. Yet it is safe to say that the same or 

 a similar combination of birds, from the north and south, will 

 probably not be seen for many years to come. It is clear to the 

 writer that the meteorological conditions of last winter must have 

 been very abnormal, hence these unusual wanderings and stayings 

 of birds. In fact, indications seem conclusive to me, that many 

 birds seem to be shifting their range of distribution, as witness the 

 coming in here for the first time of birds like the Grasshopper 

 Sparrow, Prairie Warbler, King Eider, etc. 



TWO NEW SUBSPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



BY LOUIS B. BISHOP, M. D. 



Numenius americanus parvus subsp. nov. 

 Canadian Curlew. 



Type. — c? adult, No. 15743, Coll. of Louis B. Bishop; Crane Lake, 

 Saskatchewan, June 23, 1906; L. B. B. 



Subspecific characters. — Smaller than iV. a. americanus, with much 

 shorter bill. 



Summer range. — Eastern British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and 

 Manitoba, south to eastern Washington, Wyoming, and South Dakota. 



Measurements of type. — Length, 19.19; extent 36.00; wing, 10.19; 

 tail, 4.48; exposed culmen, 4.15; tarsus, 2.92 inches. 



For some years I have been confident that the Long-billed 

 Curlew of western Canada was subspecifically distinct from the 



