246 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



I. Two males taken on Lake lie a la Crosse, 

 May 27, 28. 



Observed on Sandy Lake on the Churchill 

 River, June 9. 



ALDER FLYCATCHER (Empidonax trailli alno- 

 rum). Three specimens : a male, Churchill 

 River, June 6 ; two from the Cochrane River, 

 July 27, 28, the latter a female ; all taken in 

 willows at edge of marsh. 



Observed below Du Brochet Lake, Cochrane 

 River, July 29. 



LEAST FLYCATCHER (Empidonax minimus). 

 A female taken on Lake lie a la Crosse, May 29, 

 and a male, Reindeer River, June 28. 



Identified certainly on Reindeer River, June 29, 

 but have heard those birds singing in the forests 

 for the past month, and now know to whom the 

 sweet, clear song belongs. 



[HORNED LARK (Otoeoris alpestris subsp.?)]. 

 Observed Big River, May 10 ; south end He a la 

 Crosse Lake, May 23. Noted at Fort Eu Brochet 

 on September 18 that numbers have passed 

 south during the stormy broken weather of the 

 last three days. Flocks observed, restlessly cheep- 

 ing and flighting close to the ground, near Fort 

 Du Brochet, September 22. Observed north of 

 Fort Du Brochet, September 25. 



CANADA jAY(Perisoreus canadensis canadensis). 

 One immature bird, taken in Reindeer Lake, 

 July 11, is somewhat difficult to place. It 

 compares well with one of about the same age 

 from forty miles south-west of Calgary, Alberta, 

 August 4, 1895 ; and is not so dark above as a 

 younger bird from near Latchford, Ontario, 



