nl,,. 



i. I'll-- I it t ! l>ru n era i ! inhabits t In fount r\ 



\\ innipeg north -\\--st t-. AI.I-I. 

 the mouth of id- > i-y 



in tli,- Vul .Inn.- ITtl.. H 



laid in .lf|.r. ;inly 1'facli. without any att.-inj.t 



This 4 km.wi, '1 in thf l"i: 



may II.-M in Ni.rtli.-rn I ' 

 :i l-oiimi ti\f clutch.- "I' t\\.. 



eggi each, of the little. brown H iVim Manitoba. Th.-y 



nil. I,- .M^s ,,(' tli,- whooping ami samlhill cram-s in <! ur 

 1'iit an- so much smaller tliat it is iinjM.ssil.lf t< eonfbfffid tln-ni 



with thf nth.-r tw.i lar^.-r speciea 'I'ln- following is a deecrip- 



l' tlifvi- ti\ e i-liitf' 



I T\s f^'s taki-n at ( 'i-fscciit Lakf. Assiniboia, M ; >>' 

 hith 189 .ml <-"lour. li^ht Imiwuisli lral.. niuttlfl an<l 



).li)tch.-(l with |al- r.-'Llish Ln.wn and -ivyisli pui-plf. Tin- 

 l'l"t, M.|-\- li.-a\y at thf lar^r finU : >!/. 8.66x2.28 and 



10. 'I'hf iift wav c..iii]Ms,-,l ..f i- Iv l.uilt m a siimly 



knoll in tin- mar-h. 



II. Two eggs, tnkfii at ( 'I-.-M-,- nt L-ikf. A^iniln.ia. M 

 Joth 1^ in.) r..l..in-. ashy y.-ll-.w. M-.tchfl with ]alf 



chocolate- I TOW n an-1 juirjtlf .irn-y : - '\2.-'iO an-1 '' 



V-M ma'lf <t' rush' tii'ly knoll in tin- inarch 



ill Two eggs, tak.-n at l'.i_ ' Marsh. .Manitol'U. 



", ivu -loiin.l colour, li^ht ashy y.-llw. with a 

 l.urt'y tin^'f. l.lotchf.l with sinina l.rown. ami dark.-r rhcx- 

 thf lar^i-r fii.ls; sj/,- :{.i-J\-J. _'."> ami H 

 -tructiiff of rushfs. l.uilt aimm^st growing rOBhefl 

 in thf marsh. 



t I\. '|'\\.. . _r^. ,^ Mar-h. Maiiitoha. .luiif I'ml. 



\^'*\ . L'i'oumI c. .lour, olivf <lrah. s|H,ttfl ami llot<-hf<l with 



y.-llowish l.rown ami jurj.lf l.rown. with uml.-r shfll markings 



of purplish grey , the markings having a I'-mL-m :u a 



uml thf lar^fi- .-mis ..)' tin- f^s . -i/.- :; ,iml 



a lar^f structuiv of ruslu-s ami a.|imtic 



uilt amongst tin- ^i-owin^ rush.-. 



\ TWO eggl Long Llkl Manitol.a .him- ist 



n. I colour. Vfllowish ,|ral,. mottlf.i an. I l.loti-h.-.l with 



