398 Mr. J. H. Fleming on the [Ibis, 



20 Julj. " Iris dark ; bill black ; legs and feet orange- 

 chrome." An adult female, taken on Cochrane River, 

 25 July. " Iris dark ; eye-ring dark crimson ; bill black ; 

 corners of mouth reddish flesh-colour ; legs whitish orange- 

 chrome ; feet more rich chrome.'' Two juvenile birds taken 

 on Lake Du Brocket, Cochrane iliver, 1 August ; one of 

 these, a female, is marked " Iris dark ; bill medium dull 

 blackish-grey ; both mandibles dark from nostril out ; legs, 

 feet, and webs whitish skin-colour with pale brown joints." 

 This species is believed to breed in trees here, and it is 

 unfortunate, in view of the young birds taken, that the 

 nesting-site was not found. 



Xema sabini. Sabine's Gull. 



Three seen and a pair of adults taken on Sandy Lake, 

 Churchill River, 9 June ; the female is marked "Iris black ; 

 pure red eye-ring ; bill black to one-eighth beyond nostril, 

 remainder of tip medium dull lemon-yellow ; feet black." 



Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. 



A juvenile female, with pinions not fully grown, taken on 

 Cochrane River, 14 August. Seen in company with parents 

 and another young bird. 



Mergus americanus. Merganser. 



A male in very worn immature plumage taken on the 

 Churchill River, 1 June. " Iris dark ; bill medium deep 

 crimson, crown of upper mandible black ; feet bright orange- 

 chrome." 



Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. 



An adult female taken on Lake Ile-a-la- Crosse, 23 May. 

 "Iris clear deep umber-brown; bill all red except along 

 crown of upper mandible, which is dark horn-brown ; legs 

 and feet rich reddish orange-chrome." 



A young female in down, length 14*75 in., taken on the 

 Cochrane River, 15 August. " Iris jiale clear brownish 

 sage-green ; bill blackish brown over crown of upper man- 

 dible for entire length except tip, sides of upper mandible 

 and entire lower mandible pale dull huffish yellow ; legs and 



