THE ZOOLOGIST. 
THIRD SERIES. 
Vot. IX.] APRIL, 1885. [No. 100. 
NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA. 
By Ropert Minter Curisty. 
Durtine the last two years I have several times had occasion 
to visit that newly-opened but much-talked-of region known as 
Manitoba; and as on each visit I devoted as much time as I was 
able to spare from other branches of Natural History to the study 
of the Ornithology of that country,—a subject to which very little 
attention has hitherto been directed,—I now propose to offer a 
few remarks upon it. It must, however, be clearly understood 
that my observations are put forward strictly as notes. Many, 
even of the commonest birds, are not so much as referred to 
herein, simply because they did not happen to come specially 
under my notice. Most of the following notes were made near 
the town of Carberry, 105 miles west of Winnipeg, during the 
mouths of August, September, and October, 1883. I cannot too 
fully acknowledge the assistance given by my friend Mr. E. E. T. 
Seton, of Toronto, who for several years past has resided in 
Manitoba, and has done much towards investigating its avyi- 
fauna. The nomenclature used is that employed in the new 
edition of Dr. Coues’ ‘ Key to North American Birds.’ 
The popular idea of Manitoba as an icy and inhospitable 
country is not altogether wrong, so far as the winter is con- 
cerned ; but of the summer season it is wholly incorrect. While 
the latter lasts, bird-life in the greatest variety everywhere 
abounds. Meadow Larks, “Quailies,” Prairie Chickens, Bay- 
wings, and a hundred other kinds breed on the open prairies ; 
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