BIRD-NESTING 



IN 



NOKTH-WEST CANADA. 



rilAl'TKi; I. 

 <ii; wventi yean I had contemplated spend 



season col |e<-tiii<j < hrnithoiogfoftl sj i.-ei mn is in north- 

 \\.-st i ';iimla. l>ut it was not until .him- of the pre- 

 sent year IV'1 that 1 l'iunl myself prepared for 

 a ninth's sojourn amongst tin- prairies of Manitoba 

 ami Assinil>oia. ( )rnithoi id s]ortMii-n 



tln-ir Drains to l.ril- \vli.-r.- tln-y willsj.i-nd a tis ; 

 ii'H'tini: holiilay. will lo well to be j,niil.-,l l.y tin- 

 As will IM- l.-ai-n.-.l l.y a ]MTUsai B, t In 



it- railway ofi-'i's in.luc.-iii.-nts ,.(' no onlinary natn 

 Florida was once consj, 1, .),., 1 tli- < )rnitholo^iv,t ]>aralisr. l.ut 

 of lat- y.-ars th- ]>lunif-liunt-rs lia\r nial- sa.l ha\ m- am. : 

 tin- ronkt-rit-s of tli- lii-roiis, il>is. t-i-ns anl otln-r 



liinls. and frii-n-ls of min. who ! ntly visit. -.1 Florida 



hav- conn- away disappointed. lmvin,' S.TII nothing of t i 



iiniuiitifs of li.-rons and otlu-r UinU which wr n-ad of 



in hir*,'- co]..' 



What an- undoul>t-dly tin- tinrst shootin^-^rounls t-> 1,.- 

 id in any ]>art of Nm-th America at tin- jin-M-nt da\ 

 s.-d within tin- l>ouiidarics of tin- Canadian \orth-\\ 

 th'-r t<-! Hi claim such a vari.-ty of ^ain. . n..r such 



ilmndaiici- of it. nor >uch spl.-ndid facilities for i 

 th.' haunts of tin- diH'.-r.-nt .s]M-oii's. and no othrr country 

 tin- daring sj,, .rtsman lO !ic.- of s,.,-urin^ th.' b 



and skins .,f the nol.l.-r ^ani.- animals, such M M-MISC and 

 on as trophies of his skill and nerve in their pursuit 



