BIRDS 233 



RED PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicarius).--A 

 male taken on Sandfly Lake, Churchill River, 

 June 11. On no other occasion was this species 

 observed throughout the expedition. 



WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Steganopus tricolor). 

 Two specimens : an adult female taken on Crooked 

 Lake, May 13. " Bird alone, resting as if tired 

 out, perhaps migrating." The other an adult 

 male taken on the Beaver River, May 19. " Male 

 and female together on floating weeds, on edge 

 of small lake off Beaver River ; birds in company 

 with pair of Dowitchers, and a lesser Yellow- 

 leg." 



Six pairs observed on inland lake on east shore, 

 five miles from north end of lie a la Crosse Lake ; 

 all birds breeding on south side of inland lake on 

 limited area of swampy, mossy ground, but failed 

 to find eggs, though birds flew and fluttered 

 closely in great distress, May 30. 



WILSON'S SNIPE (Gallinago delicata). Nest 

 taken near Lake lie a la Crosse, May 31. " Four 

 eggs, slightly incubated, nest of damp grasses on 

 ground among low snowberry bushes. Flushed 

 bird off nest three or four times to-day and 

 yesterday." 



Three observed, May 30. Few observed over 

 marsh drumming high in the air near mouth of 

 Haultain River on the Churchill River, June 6 ; 

 the first birds seen drumming. Two observed, 

 flushed from marsh inland from Du Brochet 

 Lake, August 9 ; noted that this species had 

 not previously been seen for a long time. 



DOWITCHER (Macrorhamphus griseus griseus). 

 Five specimens : a pair taken on Crooked Lake, 



