THIRD SERIES. 
Von. IX.] JULY, 1885. [No. 108. 
NOTES ON THE ZOOLOGY OF MANITOBA. 
By THE Late T. B. Woon. 
(Communicated by T. H. NExson.) 
(Concluded from p. 227). 
August 11th.—Last week I got five Shovellers, two Black 
Terns, and an unknown Duck; also paid another visit to the 
Terns’ colony. The Black Tern is first seen in great numbers 
about the 20th or 21st of June, and is then in full summer dress, 
with black breast, head and throat, and dark grey back. The 
greatest numbers were found fifteen miles south-west of Brandon 
round some large swamps, one of which is about a mile long 
and half-a-mile broad. The birds there are as “thick” and 
' noisy as those we saw at the Farne Isles; hundreds were flying 
over every small pond or slough, had several pairs hovering 
ad 
about, and the air was filled with their cries. I paid a second 
visit to this place in July, and again on August 6th, when I 
found great numbers still there, and shot two specimens; they 
were changing plumage and losing the black on the head and 
breast. The feet of this Tern are only partially webbed. I never 
noticed them taking food as other Terns do, but the swamps are 
full of long grass and reeds, choking up the place, so that even 
if the birds are feeding it is impossible to observe what they are 
taking. Ducks, Curlews, Cranes, and other birds are now con- 
stantly passing over, showing that the migratory season has 
commenced. 
August 18th.—About the middle of the month I drove out 
about fifteen miles south-west, and had a good time amongst the 
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