/,, A'--/ ' ' "/" 



. circular depression in tin- Around. lined \\itli Kit 



i-e f.>ur in number, olive greenish l.i-'>\\n. 



Notched MM- I spotted with dark l>rown and purpli 



il".ut 1 ..">.", \ l.()7. 



Wilson's Snipe is liOt \-ry numerous either iii Manitol.a or 

 uilio'iM ; I only found a thin sprinkling of these liird 

 ii Winnipeg and Hush L-tke. they I 



tthing the south, towards the I'nited ^ undary. and 



limn- frei|iient towards tin- Saskatchewan rr^ion of tin- 

 iioj-tli. Tlir malt- Wilson's snip.- lia- tli.- sann- lial.it as t'h- 

 Kuro|..-aii <-ni|M- of flying in circles lii^li in tin- ail', and dp'ji- 

 |'ii;i;- do\\n siiddfidy a fi-w y;irds with oiltst I'rtcln-d \\ i 

 which canst- a druiiiiiiin^ noisi-. I could almost fancy I 

 on soni.- of tin- Vorkshirr moors in Kn,dand. or on Sn. 



all c IIIOM. iii-ar V-.i-k. whriv I ns.-d to find nunifrous i 



and ci^s "f tin- snijM-, and have often lain on tin- ground and 

 watch.-d and listen, d to the snipes drumming hi^li in the air. 



The trumpeter swan nests on the prairies north of Bfoosejaw, 



at r.utfldo Lake ; they are early ln-t-t-ders; a s,-t of ti\e, 

 in my collection were taken on April 7th. |N!I : another - t 

 of two e^x \\-i-i-e taken on the same day. The nestx \\.-re de- 

 BCribed as being large structures, tin in diameter, and 



composed of sods, -rass and rushes, the centre^ \\.-r,- lined 

 with feathers Mild down. The e^s are yellowish white, and 

 average 4.L ) .")\l ) .ti(>. As the hoi'.sc lici^an to ^-t restless. | d: 

 round to the north of tin- slouch. Here I found mam 

 of .lucks, and numerous Wilson's phalarop.-s. kildeers and 1 

 trains sandpipers. The nests of thes,- thiv sj,,-ci 

 found s..nie distance from the wat- uj>on the dry 



prairir. Tin- kildeer is a noisy, wary liird, and is H.-\,T 

 tlu-!ied off the nest, like the field pl.\ ei' and Wilson's phal- 

 aiM| | th.'ir nesting i|iiai-ter is approached, some 



male liird. who is on the look out. flies t, \\anl the intruder 

 and begins Calling OUl T> \\itt.' and the cry is very similar 

 iiat of the Kui-iipean lapwing jtlovi-r. l.ein^ somewhat 

 plaintive and sad all the kildccj-s in the immediate nei^h- 

 l>oui'lioHl then lea\-e their nests and Ke^Jn to fly in the air. 



