1920.] Birds of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 401 



Oxyechus vociferus. KiWeer. 



Seen iu company with the Golden Plover, but no specimens 

 taken. 



JEgialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. 



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Four specimens : a male, Ile-a-la-Ch'osse, 23 May ; a pair, 

 Cochrane River, 23 July, and a female taken 29 July, also on 

 the Cochrane lliver. 



Arenaria interpres morinella. Ruddy Turnstone. 



Four specimens : a female found alone on Lake ile-a-la- 

 Crosse on 22 May ; a male also found alone on the same lake 

 on the 23rd ; and two females obtained from a large flock 

 o!i 9 June on the Churchill River. 



Canachites canadensis canadensis. Hudsonian Spruce 



Partridge. 

 Eight specimens, six adults and two downy young. A 

 pair with nest and eggs taken at Lake lle-a-la-Crosse, 

 25 May ; male not preserved. "- Eggs six in number, fresh ; 

 nest on ground close at foot of alder bush ; site dry open 

 poplar knoll, surrounded by dense spruce and tamarack 

 swamp ; nest of dry leaves, same as carpet of surrounding 

 ground, a few feathers lining nest." A male, same locality, 

 29 May. A female in moult and a downy young, Reindeer 

 Lake, 10 July ; the female has pin- feathers on the sides of 

 the head, and new tail-feathers are appearing. A downy 

 young bird, Cochrane River, 20 July, was with other young 

 and female parent when taken. A male taken, 3 August, a 

 female, 4 August, and a male, 7 August ; all adults, Lake Du 

 Brocket. The young could fly, though the first-named was 

 only five inches in length. 



Lagopus lagopus lagopns. Willow Ptarmigan. 



One specimen. Fort Du Brochet, Reindeer Lake, 4 No- 

 vember. " Same day first Barren Land Caribou of the 

 season were shot." 



Accipiter velox. Sharp-skinned Hawk. 



An adult male, Otter Lake, Churchill River, 20 June. 



