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Thr -I...; . \\hieh ha<l l'<ill >\\ v< I. calm- limping t\\anU Us. I 

 I \vliat \\Ji.s tli.' luatt'-r. aii<l \\MS iufi >rmrd that In- l>a<l 

 tils m his foot. ()n my rm|uiring it' cacti plan' 



.nfoniird that tl 'imlanth 



thrsi- hills MIL I thr iv unv thn-r ,,r t'.iir Bpeefrl \\ '- found 

 tin- dog ha.l -..t ROOM spin,..x in tin- s.-l.-s of his f,-,-t . u hich 

 easily extracted It.Tu.-n.ls .Macdonald pointed 'ut 



to in.- patches ofrarti. I saw two species which are ..n 



thr windows of houses in Toronto. ( )|,,. has a large 

 erimaon flower and ^n >ws ai.ut a t^.t hi^h; an<.thT sj,. 



.lli)W flown-. 'J'hi-y jfrow in various shapes ami 



all ar- cti\.-rr.l with jtrickly sjiincs. Mactlonalo! t<H>k m>- 



t" a jioml aiiH.n^r thr hills ami shuwnl nir a m-st ami ri^'ht 



-t' tin- jiintail luck. Thr nest was in a bank side close 



t" tli. wat'-r .'iml was a hollow in tin- ^nmml linnl with 



lowii. Tin- r^x an- jalr ifravish ^n-.-m. MIX! avri'a^r ~1 



1. ">(). A kiMrrr plu\.-i- camr flying towanls us. ami l>rt'.ir 



lon-r NVt . lia.l a nuiiil>ri- <>!' thnn Hying above our hrails. \: 



<l.niall shot our. au<l although thn-r must have been a mi in - 



aiMiiml. wr li<l not timl a sin^lr one. although 



Thr kil.l.-rr is a \ .TV waiy l.inl. and 



1 nrvrr yet flushtnl onr oti' its m-st. HuHalo wallows are nu- 

 im-rius anion^f thrsr hills. They an- lar^r circular hollows in 

 tin- ^rouinl. from six to niiir t'rrt in liaiiirtrr. am 1 al>ut a ('>,, t 



Irrp. Thry ire '\.-r;rro\vn with short gi'een grass. Th.-y 

 wri-r ma.lr l.y thr liutialiH-s in thr following nianiirr: Thr an- 

 imals. .,11 reaching soinr .lain]) spot ainon^ thr hills, would lay 

 down and Kr^in \\orkin^ thrir Kodirs round, scraping thr 

 ground with th.-ir t'rrt. Tln-y SK.U work a large circular hol- 

 low into which thr wat.-r .M./.-S, hrrr th.-y l-athrl thrin.s.-lvrs. 

 aii'l coatr.l thrir Kodirs \\ ith mud, and a lutlalo in this jA 

 tainly would app.-ar an ugly, shaggy monster. After one Imt'- 



had satisti.-d hiins.-lt' in wallowing, anoth.-r w.-uld tak. 

 his placr. and in this way th. s. wallows are found all..\.-r 

 thr prairies. Th.r,- an- ^.-n. Tally numbers of these wallows 

 togvthrr showing that a ln-rd of l.utfalo ..n<-r tVri|U--ntrd these 

 plarrs. Thr prairirs an- also l.jsi-ctrd all o\ .-r with thrir trails. 



