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of broken-off dead jack pine; nest mainly built of 

 twigs, inside thickly lined with damp mud, grass 

 and moss; fish scales on edge of nest; the male bird 

 was bringing both talons full of damp moss to nest 

 when shot." A female taken with nest and two 

 eggs, Churchill river, June 6. 

 Surnia ulula caparoch, American Hawk Owl. 



A male taken on Lake Du Brochet, August 1. 

 Picoides arcticus, Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 

 An adult male, Cochrane river, July 13; yellow 

 crest, much worn, exposing the white bases of the 

 feathers. 



Picoides americanus fasciatus, Alaskan Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. 

 An adult female, Fort Du Brochet, October 22. 

 Sph^rapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker. 

 Two males, Big river. May 7 and 1 1 . 

 Colaptes auritus borealis, Boreal Flicker. 



One female, Cochrane river, July 21 ; the male 

 seen. There is another adult female in the United 

 States National Museum taken at Lake Du Brochet, 

 September 26, 1890. This form is included in the 

 range of luteus in the A.O.U. Check List. 

 Sa^ornis phoebe, Phoebe. 



A male, Remdeer river, June 30. 

 Nuttallornis borealis, Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Two males. Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse, May 27 and 

 28. 

 Empidonax trailli alnorum, Alder Flycatcher 



Three specimens, a male, Churchill river, June 

 6; two from the Cochrane river, July 27 and 28, 

 the latter a female. All taken in willows at edge of 

 marsh. 

 Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. 



A female. Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse, May 29, and a 

 male. Reindeer river, June 28. 

 Perisoreus canadensis canadensis, Canada Jay. 



One immature bird, Reindeer lake, July II, is 

 somewhat difficult to place; it compares well with 

 one of about the same age from 40 miles south- 

 west of Calgary, Alberta, August 4, 1895; and is 

 not so dark above as a younger bird from near 

 Latchford, Ontario, June 10, 1906. Preble refers 

 to a breeding bird from Pelican Narrows, Church- 

 ill river, in the United States National Museum,' 

 and in fact Reindeer lake is well within the known 

 range of canadensis. 

 Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. 



Five specimens; three from Churchill river; a 

 young bird taken from the nest, June 2; an adult 

 female, June 18, and a young bird fledged and in 

 company with parent and two other young; two 

 adult males taken December 1 5, one on Lake Du 

 Brochet, the other on Reindeer lake. 



.'..Nortli .\m<-ric;iti Kaiiiia .No. L'7, 11)08, ]i. 402. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos subsp? American Crow. 



An immature female taken on the Reindeer river, 

 June 29; this bird compares well with a breeding 

 female from Craven, Saskatchewan, much better 

 than it does with Ontario birds, and may better be 

 placed with the Western Crow, C. b. hesperis, but 

 owing to lack of material of comparable age I 

 hesitate to do so. 

 Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. 



Three specimens from Lake Du Brochet, 

 August 7, an adult male, "Iris, clear yellowish- 

 white," an immature (female?) "Iris, medium clear 

 umber brown;" and an immature male, "Ins, pale 

 sage green." 

 Carpodacus purpureus purpureus, Purple Finch. 



Two adult males. Big river. May 9 ; a female 

 seen with these. 

 Acanthis linaria linaria. Redpoll. 



Three specimens, an adult male with rosy breast, 

 Cochrane river, July 21, "Bird in company with 

 one young; bill, dark brownish." Two males, an 

 adult and young, Lake Du Brochet, August 10; 

 "bill, flat black" in the young. 

 Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow Bunting. 



One specimen. Reindeer lake, October 23. "Large 

 flocks of these birds for the past fortnight." 

 Passerculus sandwichensis subsp? Savannah 

 Sparrow. 

 Three specimens, one from Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse, 

 May 27; an adult male from Fort Du Brochet, 

 July 17; and a juvenile female, Cochrane river, 

 July 28. These are very dark birds, much more 

 so than alaudinus should be, and very different from 

 the light race that breeds in southern Saskatchewan 

 which is, no doubt, nevadensis. 

 Passerberbulus lecontei, Leconte's Sparrow. 



Two specimens, one of a pair, Churchill river, 

 June 2; a male, Haultaine river, June 6. "Birds 

 breeding here." 

 Zonolrichia querula, Harris's Sparrow. 



Seven specimens, an adult female, and a juvenile 

 male, Cochrane river, July 26; an adult male, Coch- 

 rane river, July 30. "Male and female with fledged 

 young." A female and young bird, Cochrane river, 

 July 31 ; a female, Cochrane river, August 3. 

 "Bird in company with others, probably her fully 

 fledged young." An adult female. Lake Du Bro- 

 chet, August 6. Adult's "bill, dull senna brown," 

 juvenile's, "bill blackish-brown, yellow along edges 

 of mandibles and at corners of mouth. " So little 

 is known of the early plumages of this sparrow that 

 a description of the young of July 31, may not be 

 out of place: lengtli 3.75 in., pilcum with feathers 

 brownish-black, indistinctly edged with grayish-buff, 

 producting a dark crown with a few grayish-buff 

 spots ; throat and chin grayish-buff, throat with a 



