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tin -v were s thick tliat it wase\ident tl t. i 



is,, n had taken place mi tin- spot m>t many yeara ago 

 either Tin- lionis aiv now \-\i\g collected by the Iml. 



ad polished and sold to pMBi the Cation- .f .MooM-ja\\ 



and other places. At -om,- of tin- stations ^-.-at pil,--, of skulls 

 an- 1 buffalo bon-- may I..- s,.,-n alon^ t h.- railway sj,|j : 

 the IH.II.-S aiv collect. -.1 aixl s,-nt eastward, when- they an us,-. I 



in ragar-reftning. 

 But to resume our jooraey. &fter passing the esmp of In- 



lians. I walkril nln^ tin- 1'ottom of tin- ^orge for over a milr; 

 tin- Umk- \\-<-n- \-i-y stt-.-j.. an-1 in ^ni<- plac.'s small tiv-s an.) 

 liuslirs \\.-n- ^rowiii^ -"it of tin- si. It- of th.- clitis. Turning 

 aroun.l a l.rii.l of tin- ^or-, I ~t.irtl.-il a j.rairi.- falcon out of a 

 cliti on tin- oj.j.ositr siil.-: it Mr\v of}' scivafnin^, ao I conclinl.-il 

 it hail a n.-st. an 1 I thought I -a\\ a .lark ol.jcct inalnisli n, ai 

 tin- clirt'toj.. so I juni|>'l tin- stream, ami was eager to get uj> 

 at th- nest, f.v on r.-achinir tin- foot of tin- clitt' I saw thriv was 

 a iii-st of sticks. I found the ]lacc easy of access, and jull-d 

 myself up l>y tlu- aid <>f the liranches of small trees and 

 Lushes. In five minutes I was at the nest and looking o\ -, -r 

 th- ed^e. when I found it contained nothing, much to my 

 'intnient. for on account oHlushin^ the liirdt'rom the : 

 and the l>ird flying off with a scream. 1 felt sure it would con- 

 tain ef^s. l,ut the .M)lo^ist js f r.-i [iii'iit ly d isaj ij ><>i nt . -d in this 



The n.-st was a lariT'- -tnictun- of sticks, and partly | 

 on the ditfand also mi the l-ush ^rowin^ out of the cliff; tin- 

 toj, of tin- nest had a cavity and this was lined with <jrass. and 

 appeared ijiiite ready to receive th.- The e^r s ,,f t l, t . 



prairie falcon ar.- handsonie. and are not unlike some vari 

 of the peregrin.- falcon. I have two dutches before m.- ;on 

 of four ec^ w.-r.- collected <>n Moose Mountain. Assiniboia, 

 May MM "'ind colour is reddish l.ntr and they 



clouded, chietly al'oiit the largest end, with li^ht chestnut 

 1-rown: two of tli> .^nrs have Motche.s and spots of deej,,-r 

 brown, which con^re^ate chietly about the butt end of the eggs. 

 They measure about '2 inches by I The nest from which 



