BIRDS 225 



Breeding on small low stony island at last 

 bend on the Churchill River above Sandy Lake, 

 June 8. Nest, small hollows crowded together ; 

 grass-lined (.sometimes. They contained gener- 

 ally two eggs and three eggs each, a few held a 

 single egg. Estimated there were some three 

 hundred eggs on this island. Observed Sandy 

 Lake, June 9. Nesting as above on islands on 

 Sandfly Lake, Churchill River, June 11. 



Nesting on two small islands in Island Lake. 

 Few nests contained two eggs, but the general 

 rule was three. All eggs were well incubated, 

 but in no case had young hatched ; Churchill 

 River, June 26. Nesting on island above Kettle 

 Falls, Churchill River, June 27 ; observed Rein- 

 deer River, June 29 ; Reindeer Lake, July 3. 

 Visited island where those birds were nesting ; 

 no young hatched out yet, south end Reindeer 

 Lake, July 4. Observed numerously in Sucker 

 Bay, Reindeer Lake, July 6. Observed Reindeer 

 Lake, July 7. Visited island where colony 

 nesting, and there saw first young birds, which 

 were just hatching out, chipped eggs and moist 

 chicklets being numerous, Reindeer Lake, July 12. 

 Observed Cochrane River, July 18, 24, 25, 26, 29, 

 Du Brochet Lake, August 1,6; Cochrane River, 

 on return journey, August 15. 



[BLACK TERN (Hydrochelidon nigra surina- 

 mensis)]. Observed Beaver River, May 19, 20. 

 So far no birds of this species observed on lie 

 a la Crosse Lake, May 25. Numerous on inland 

 lake on east shore at north end of lie a la Crosse 

 Lake, May 30. Colony of birds found just com- 

 mencing to lay in same locality, May 31. Single 



