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The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



[Vol. XXXIII. 



and 1 am indebted to Mr. H. H. Mitchell, of the 

 Provincial Museum, Regina, for the loan of any 

 that were needed for comparison. The data on the 

 birds themselves is exceedmgly full, and Capt. 

 Buchanan has furnished me with a list of the 

 specimens together with notes on the colors of 

 the soft parts, food, etc., from this I have quoted 

 when necessary, but except in three instances have 

 not used the sight records, which will be given fully 

 in a forthcoming book by Capt. Buchanan. 

 Col}^mbiis holboelli, Holboell's Grebe. 



Set of five eggs taken on Churchill river, June 6; 

 bird seen at close range. 

 Cavia immer, Loon, Great Northern Diver. 



An adult taken on Reindeer lake, July 8. 

 Larus hrach'^Thynchus, Short-billed Gull. 



An adult female taken on Reindeer lake, July 9 ; 

 one more seen on same date ; this is very far east 

 for this gull. "Iris, clear blackish-grey; edge of 

 eyelid surrounding eye, deep orange chrome; cor- 

 ners of mouth, pure orange chrome; feet, pale whit- 

 ish-yellow." Dr. Oberholser regards this gull as 

 a subspecies of Larus canus.* 

 Larus delatvarensis. Ring-billed Gull. 



A male taken on Ile-a-la-Crosse lake. May 23; 

 adult except for the black primaries and terminal 

 black band of the tail, probably a non-breeding 

 bird. "Bill, medium dark greenish-yellow, with 

 strong black ring around bill a short distance from 

 tip; eyelids, and corners of mouth, deep orange- 

 chrome; feet, pale greenish-yellow." Seventeen 

 others seen with this bird. 

 Larus Philadelphia, Bonaparte's Gull. 



Four specimens, one adult male (thought by the 

 collector to be a non-breeding bird), taken on the 

 Cochrane river, July 20. "Iris dark; bill black; 

 legs and feet, orange-chrome." One adult female, 

 taken on Cochrane river, July 25, "Iris dark; eye- 

 ring, dark crimson; bill, black; comers of mouth, 

 reddish-flesh color; legs whitish orange-chrome; 

 feet, more rich chrome." Two juvenile birds taken 

 on Lake Du Brochet, Cochrane river, August 1, 

 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 

 color with pale brown joints." This species is be- 

 lieved to breed in trees, 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, June 9; 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." 



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Sterna hirundo. Common Tern. 



A juvenile female with primaries not fully grown, 

 taken on Cochrane river, August 14. Seen in com- 

 pany with parents and another young bird. 

 Mergus americanus. Merganser. 



A male in very worn immature plumage, taken 

 on the Churchill river, June 1. "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, 

 May 23. "Iris, clear deep umber brown; bill, all 

 red except along crown of upper mandible which is 

 dark horn-brown; legs and feet, rich reddish or- 

 ange-chrome." 



A downy young female, length 14.75 in., taken 

 on the Cochrane river, August 15. "Iris, pale clear 

 brownish sage-green; bill, blackish-brown over 

 crown of upper mandible for entire length, except 

 tip, sides of upper mandible and entire lower man- 

 dible pale dull huffish yellow; legs and feet, dull 

 brownish-grey ; webs, dull umber-brown. Bird in 

 company with mother and about a dozen young. " 



Set of twelve eggs taken on rocky island in Rein- 

 deer lake, July 12. "Nest, found on ground con- 

 cealed beneath ledge of rock; eggs almost hard on 

 rock and rim of nest composed of small leaves and 

 twigs profusely mixed with blackish-grey down." 

 Nettiort carolinense. Green-winged Teal. 



A pair taken on the Beaver river. May 18. 

 Oidemia perspicillata, Surf Scoter. 



Three specimens, one adult male, taken at Lake 

 Ile-a-la-Crosse, May 31 ; two adult females taken 

 on the Reindeer river, June 30. "Flock of about 

 twelve scoters together, all in pairs." 

 Phalaropus fulicarius. Red Phalarope. 



A male taken on Sandy Fly lake, Churchill river, 

 June 1 1. 

 Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's Phalarope. 



Two specimens, an adult female taken on 

 Crooked lake. May 13. "Bird alone, resting as if 

 tired out, perhaps migrating." The other an adult 

 male taken on the Beaver river, May 19. "Male 

 and female together on floating weeds, on edge of 

 small lake off Beaver river; birds in company with 

 pair of Dowitchers and Lesser Yellow-legs." 

 Gallinago delicata, Wilson's Snipe. 



Nest taken near Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse, May 31. 

 "Four eggs, .slightly incubated, nest of damp grasses 

 on ground among low snow-berry bushes. Flushed 

 bird off nest three or four times to-day and yester- 

 day." 

 Macrorhaniphus griscus griseus, Dowitcher. 



Five sijccimcns, a pair taken on Crooked lake. 

 May 13, have been compared with a series of this 

 form and of M. g. scalopaceus. Another pair 



