Aitli -i.-rt Lutialo grass, ami the county hosadesol 

 -n look. Tin- ground is undermined with gopher h 

 tli.- Lom-x ami skull.s of Lutfalo an- scattered in all direc- 

 i tin- j.rairi. . Tin- lark clouds that ha<l U-.-n threat- 

 ening I', .r si. mi- time now Ln.ke ami it Le L Mn t" r.iin K I 

 the valley. As it was near twelve o'clock. I n 

 my >M ami found dinner ready, to which my 



did just 

 Alt. i .linm-iv as the rain abated somewhat. I put on my 



coat and made my way to tin- ponds om- 

 ami this time tried the north side . here I found a raft ami 

 >o4.n on it and paddling towards tin- inlands where the 

 Mark tern- were noisy ( )n arriving th.-n- 1 was surprised to 

 find no eggs, but it was evidently too early, for ten days a 

 that I ton ml Mack terns just 1-e^inniiiif to lay at Long Lake 

 in Manitoba. The islands were fringed with rushes, and 1 

 found several ip-sts of tli-- red-winged starling containing four 

 and tiv.- egg.s each : the nests were attached to several stein 

 rushes were cup-shaped and made of dry grasses. I also found 

 a n.-st of rusty graekl.- ready to n-c.-i\'- eggs, it was made of 

 dry grass on the ground on one of the islands. Wilson's 

 I'halaropes were numerous, ami I \\orkedhardtofindtheiri 

 without raooeaa Kvry willow Lush growing out of the water 

 ain.-d one or m..r- n.-sts ,f l.ron/ed grackle or kingMrd 

 I .ut it was too early for eggs of the latter, a.s the kingl.ird is 

 a late l.r.-.-der and seldom has eggs In-fore the mi. Idle of June, 

 .lumping from the raft on to the island. I almost trod upon a 

 large l.ird which stumMed off and alighted in the wat-r s..m. 

 distance away; it gave me a sudden start, as birds do when 

 they My up right under ones feet. In a tuft of long grass was 



of down and ten I nitty eggs of the Mue-wi: 

 Tli.-y were securely ]>ack-d along with the ..th.-r nests and 

 eggs. In trying to jump from one island to another. I almost 

 stepped l.ackwards on a nest of four handsome eggs of the 

 killdeer. I happened to see the eggs in looking U-hind m.- 

 pr.-\ioiis to making the jump. Th* I the killdeer is 



simply a depression in the sand, lined with a few Llades of 



