V i°Sq? X 1 Thompson on Manitoba Birds. AQ 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIST OF MANITOBAN BIRDS. 



BY ERNEST E. THOMPSON. 



Since the publication of my notes on 'The Birds of Manitoba,' 1 

 I have been able to make a number of additions to our list of 

 Provincial birds. These are chiefly the results of my own trip to 

 the Province in 1892, but important assistance has been received 

 from others and is duly acknowledged in place. 



Ardea egretta. American Egret. — A fine specimen of this bird was 

 shot on Duck Bay, Lake Winnipegoosis, in 1888, by Mr. David Armit. 

 Through the courtesy of this gentleman, and also of Mr. Wm. Clarke, the 

 Chief Factor at Winnipeg, who sends me the bird, I am enabled to examine 

 and report fully. It is an adult in full plumage. Length, 40^ inches; 

 beak, 4£ ; wing, 1 54 ; tarsus, 65. This is, I believe, the northernmost 

 record for the species. 



Grus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. — A specimen of this bird was 

 mounted in Toronto by Mr. Thurston who stated that it was killed on the 

 Qu'Appelle River. This may or may not bring the species within out 

 limits but it certainly would at least inscribe it on our probable list, for I 

 am informed by Mr. Ripon of Toronto that this bird commonly breeds On 

 the upper Qu'Appelle. This specimen I have seen, and measured as 

 follows: wing 19 inches; tarsus, 6; toe, 3^; beak, 3^. 



Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. — On August 29, at 

 Carberry, I made the first positive capture of this species in the Province. 

 It was in a mixed flock of Sandpipers of several species. 



Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. — The disappearance of the 

 Passenger Pigeon has been closely followed by the appearance of the 

 Common Dove. In the three years of my residence in the Province early 

 in the eighties, I saw but one Dove; now, however, they abound on the 

 Big Plain wherever there are trees and water. Three or four pairs seem 

 to be semi-domesticated about each barnyard that affords the above 

 requisites, and they appear to be spreading farther each year, and greatly 

 increasing in numbers. 



Archibuteo ferrugineus. Red Roughleg. — A fine specimen of this 

 was taken near Winnipeg by Mr. Hine, and is now in the Manitoba Mu- 

 seum. It had previously been listed as probable only. 



Falco rusticolus obsoletus. Black Gyrfalcon. — This species also I 

 had listed as probably Manitoban in winter. Since then two fine speci- 

 mens have been taken and are now in the Manitoba Museum. 



Tyrannus verticalis. Arkansas Kingbird. — Two specimens of this, 

 an adult and one in first plumage, were taken by Mr. D. Losh Thorpe at 

 the Souris coal fields, August 20, 1891. This is not many miles to the west 

 of the Province and justifies the insertion of the species as probably Man- 



7 > Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1891, pp. 457-643. 



