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it^ 1C -M and six whit-- _; _; < Tii- in 11 small heap 



..t' rush' i l>i^ r '". 'Hid tin- _ ' 



\\ ith I'. I found tin- sln.rt -;ir.-.| . ,\\ I 



in t plentiful of tin- family, and they \\.-iv found Ln-. din^ 

 at most ,>f tin- plat I i I Letween Winnipeg and Hush 



rather lat". however, for th'-ir e^s. ; - s !' 

 in -net- t > lay aL >ut tin- middle of May. < )n May ITlli one ,,f 



k a clutch i't' the. ami au<itln-r of seven . 



- ith >t' ( ak Lak-. Maiiit'ilia. AimtluT <>t' my rulli-ctnrs tH.k 



a clutrh of .-i^lit r^x .n May 24th. 1VH. ami aimtln-r chlt<-li 



j;^ \\ May I'Mh 1 M I in S.nit li hakota. All tii 



t- foiiml on tin- i;ruml, ami wen- roinpo-'-.l ,,(' ni>h-s 



ami :i tin- toj> of tin- m-Mx were slight il-]in-s.siims. lim d 



with a f.-u f.-atln-rs ami tim- _^ras>. 1 hav- a s.-ri.-> of forty 



eggs of tht- shoi't-t-art-il Owl, and they can ! i-a^ily 'listin^uisli- 



.-1 from tli.-^, of tin- lonLr-.-aiv| sprci.-.s l,y tln-ir smaller - 



Tln-y a\ 58* 1 .'J(. I >r. ( 'oii-> in his Look. " l!irls of tin- 



North-\\ I am unal-lr to a|>|>ivriat.- any r. -n-taiit 



Off taniriMr litl'rr.-m-.-s li.-t\v.-.-n tin- Knro]H-aii ami tin- Ann-ri- 



(iii liinl." \\ < lial now ai-rivnl at tin- lak--. l>ut could not 



li tin- \vat- r a^ it lia.l n-ci'iitlv drii-d up consiilcral.lv o\vin^ 



t tin- hot \vt-atln-i-. ami had left a 1-cd of soft mml soim- fifty 



in wi.ltli. < )n this track of mul nuim-rousavos.-ts.^, M |\vits. 



willcts. kiltlc.-rs. i^ulls ami other liinls were feeding. Macdonal.l 



jtointed out to me a sandy island, from which a clutch of live 



the Cana had l>-. n taken t!.. . > j>iwi- 



ou^ly. so I wadi-d out some distance ami examined tin- m-st : it 



-imply a circular hole in the sand lined with feathers and 



down. I found it a difficult task returning, ami was tired out 



l>y tin- tiiii-- I reached the dry land; tin- mud accumulated on 



my riiM>er Loots up to my knees to such an extent that I had 



difliculty in raising my '% s,,nn- tinn 



fore 1 could clean tin- stuti'otr. 



Hush Lake is al.oiit s,.\,. M niiles lonif and four miles wide. 

 To the west of it are humlr. -, : marsh land covered 



with tall rushes. li,-i nn- Hush L-ik-- \\ \ picking 



our way through tin- rushes, when a duck fl-w up jn 



