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of the Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa, in two areas near Aweme, in southern Manitoba : 



Area No. 1 consists of seventy-six acres, comprising chiefly 

 imbroken prairie surrounded by low woods, chiefly aspen 

 poplar, and scrub lands. It also includes farm-buildings and 

 gardens containing ornamental shrubs and trees. The follow- 

 ing is the result of the census of birds breeding in this area: 



Name of Bird 



1914 



1915 



1916 



Upland plover 



Canadian mffed grouse 



Prairie sharp-tailed grouse 



Black-billed cuckoo 



Downy woodpecker 



American crow 



Whippoorwill 



Nighthawk 



Least flycatcher 



Kingbird 



American goldfinch 



Prairie horned lark 



Western meadow-lark 



Baltimore oriole 



Western vesper sparrow 



Chipping sparrow 



Clay-coloured sparrow 



Rose-breasted grosbeak 



Bam swallow 



Cedar-bird 



Red-eyed vireo 



Warbling vireo 



Orange-crowned warbler 



Yellow warbler 



Sprague's pipit 



Brown thrasher 



Catbird 



Western house-wren 



Long-tailed chickadee 



American robin 



Bluebird 



Total number of breeding pairs 

 Total number species of birds . , 



Pairs 

 1 

 1 

 1 



2 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



io 



2 



1 



9 

 2 

 6 



Pairs 

 1 



1 



2 



1 

 1 



4 

 2 



ii 

 1 



2 

 14 



4 

 10 



1 



58 

 23 



72 

 21 



Pairs 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 12 

 2 

 1 

 9 

 5 

 8 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 5 

 9 



1 

 1 



74 

 27 



