1920.] Birds of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 399 



feet dull brownish grey ; neck dull umber-brown. Bird in 

 company with mother and about a dozen young." 



Set of twelve eggs taken on rocky island in Reindeer Lake, 



12 July. " Nest found on ground concealed beneath ledge 

 of rock, eggs almost on rock, and rim of nest composed of 

 small leaves and twigs profusely mixed with blackish-grey 

 down." 



Nettion carolinense. Green-winged Teal. 

 A pair taken on the Beaver River, 18 May. 



Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. 



Three specimens : one adult male taken at Lake Ile-a-la- 

 Crosse, 31 May ; two adult females taken on the Reindeer 

 River, 30 June. " Flock of about twelve Scoters together, 

 all in pairs. '^ 



Phalaropus fulicarius. Red Phalarope, 



A male taken on Sand-Fly Lake, Churchill River, 11 June. 



Steganopus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. 



Two specimens : an adult female taken on Crooked Lake, 



13 May. " Bird alone, resting as if tired out, perhaps 

 migrating." The other an adult male taken on the Beaver 

 River, 19 May. " Male and female together on floating 

 weeds on edge of small lake off Beaver River ; birds in com- 

 pany with a pair of Dowitchers and a Lesser Yellow-leg." 



Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 



Nest taken near Lake Ile-a-la-Ch'osse, 31 May. " Four 

 eggs, slightly incubated, nest of damp grasses among low 

 snowberry bushes. Flushed bird off nest three or four 

 times to-day and yesterday." 



Macrorhamphus griseus griseus. Dowitcher. 



Five specimens : a pair taken on Crooked Lake, 13 May, 

 have been compared with a series of this form and of 

 M. g. scolopaceus. Another pair taken on the Beaver River 

 19 May, and a male on Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse on 23 May. 



