248 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



Pelican Lake. Six partly fledged young perched 

 on ledge adjoining ; a nest found two days ago 

 was in fairly high poplar tree, Churchill River, 

 June 4. One observed below Knee Lake on the 

 Churchill River, June 6. One pair observed 

 Black Bear Island Lake on the Churchill River, 

 June 13. One observed Island Lake, Churchill 

 River, June 26. Observed south end Reindeer 

 Lake, July 4. Four observed Reindeer Lake, 

 July 8. Two observed lower reaches Cochrane 

 River, July 18. One observed Cochrane River, 

 July 21, 23 ; observed July 24. Few observed 

 below Du Brochet Lake, Cochrane River, 

 July 30, 31. Observed Du Brochet Lake, 

 August 2, 5 ; Cochrane River, below Du 

 Brochet Lake, August 14. Two observed Fort 

 Du Brochet, September 4. Number of Ravens 

 observed following the southward migration of 

 Caribou north of Fort Du Brochet, November 5, 8, 

 after the manner of Vultures. They sometimes 

 voice brief musical calls from the depth of their 

 throat : p-r-r-o-o uttered singly, and repeated 

 at longish intervals ; and err . . . err. 



One observed Theitaga Lake near latitude 60° 

 on November 28, probably following Caribou. 

 One taken near Fort Du Brochet, December 14. 

 Those birds appear to remain in vicinity of the 

 Caribou herds all though winter. 



Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos svbsp. ?). — An 

 immature female taken on the Reindeer River, 

 June 29 ; this bird compares well with a breeding 

 female from Craven, Saskatchewan, much better 

 than it does with Ontario birds, and may better 

 be placed with the Western Crow (C. b. hesperis), 



