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Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. These birds 

 are by no means numerous^ and I saw but one pair at Buffalo 

 Lake on 25 May, 1915. 



Charadrius dominicus dominicus. Golden Plover. On 

 11 October, 19 IG, Cook sent me two specimens from Buffalo 

 Lake, but they were immature and a bit too badly shot to 

 accurately determine the sex. 



Oxyechus vociferus vociferus. Killdeer. One of the 

 commonest of the Plovers in this part of the Proviuce. 

 Between Cook's house and Mirror we found a Killdeer's 

 nest on 5 June, 1915, containing one e^^, placed at the edge 

 of the trail. I also found one well-grown young, still in 

 down, at the head of Buffalo Lake on 1 June. A few pairs 

 frequented Alix Lake. 



Tympanuchus americanus. Prairie Chicken. Cook 

 kindly gave me the skin of a female shot at Buffalo Lake 

 on 26 December, 1914. It was the only specimen he had 

 ever observed. 



PedioBcetes phasianelhis campestris. Prairie Sharp-tailed 

 Grouse. Owing to the very wet months of early spring, 

 Prairie " Chicken '■* and Ruffed Grouse were not as plentiful 

 as last year. Close to the spot where Cook and I discovered 

 a Killdeer's nest, I dismounted from the ''democrat" to shoot 

 a hare. Several shots failed to obtain the animal, and as I 

 stepped off the bank bordering the road I trod on a Prairie 

 Sharp-tailed Grouse. She had been sitting, all the while I 

 was moving noisily around, on her nest of thirteen eggs, and 

 kept close by until we drove away. This was on 5 June, 

 1915. 



Circus hudsonius. Marsh-Hawk. One specimen seen 

 near the town on 19 April, 1916. It is not particularly 

 common in this locality. 



Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Almost within 

 a stone's throw of my house I found a nest of the Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk, built in the branches of a willow on the edge 



