1918.] Buffalo Lake, mid Red Deer Districts. 495 



Cyprus. I shot a fine male on tlie 19th, and Cook states 

 that he saw seven birds on 16 February at Buffalo Lake. 



Bombycilla cedroriim. Cedar Waxwing. A pair first 

 observed on 6 June, 1916, near my house. On the 19th 

 I noticed one carrying nestino- materials. On 8 August 

 I saw eight flying south-east over the town. Not very 

 abundant. 



Anthiis sp ? Pi pit. On the banks of the river I observed 

 a flock of about eight or ten Pipits, not tame enough to 

 approach very closely, on 4 October, 1916. 



Dumetella carolinensis. Catbird. Although I strongly 

 suspected the presence of this bird at Alix in 1914, I could 

 not be certain of its identity, but at Eed Deer I saw three, 

 at close view, on 28 Jidy, 1915. 



Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House-Wren. 

 Fairly abundant. I found a nest at Sylvan Lake on 

 15 June, 1916, containing seven eggs; the bird had nsed 

 an old nesting-site of the Downy Woodpecker. At Red 

 Deer a pair successfully reared their brood in a ginger-jar 

 slung in a small tree, close to Mr. C. F. White's porch. 

 Cook heard one singing on 26 May. 



Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. This species 

 during May 1916 was fairly numerous in the woods sur- 

 rounding the town. I saw the first specimen on 26 April, 

 but not many at Sylvan Lake. Mrs. Cassels reported a pair 

 in her garden at Red Deer on 18 April, worrying some 

 Chickadees. 



Hylocichla nstnlata swainsoni'. Olive-backed Thrush. 

 A few birds were seen during early May in 1915 in the 

 woods around the town, all very shy. At Sylvan Lake on 

 tliG 14th, I discovered a nest in the woods containing four 

 eggs, with two Cowbird's. On the following day another 

 with three eggs and one Cowbird's, and two empty nests. 

 1 had the same luck on the 17th, and on the 19th found a 

 nest with three newly hatched young along with a fresh e^^ 



