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will be prejudicial to no one, will result in a greater 

 feeling of satisfaction on the part of the amateur 

 collector, and will certainly obviate unkind 



thoughts such as those that passed through the 

 writer's mind on viewing the shattered crinoids in 

 the Hull quarry. 



PROSECUTIONS 



Migratory Birds Convention Act by Officers of the Dominion Parks Branch and Royal Canadian Mounted 



Police. 



Reported during the period — February 15, 

 1922— May 4, 1922. 



Horton Quindley, Stony Island, Shelburne Co., 

 Nova Scotia. Shooting a Guillemot. Case dis- 

 missed. 



Horton Quindley, Stony Island, Shelburne Co., 

 Nova Scotia. Having in possession a Guillemot. 

 Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Albert E. Petty, Thessalon, Ontario. Killing a 

 Pileated Woodpecker. Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Clifton Woodard, North Hatley, F.Q. Having 

 in possession a Wild Duck. Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Robie Wagner, Central Port Mouton, Queens 

 Co., Nova Scotia. Attempting to kill a Horned 

 Grebe. Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Ralph Amy, Ayer's Cliff, P.Q. Possessing a 

 Bittern. Case dismissed. 



John F. McKinnon, Glace Bay, C.B. Having 

 in possession a Canada Goose in close season. 

 Fine $10.00 and costs. 



Thomas Dustin, R.R. No. 2, Ayer's Cliff, P.Q. 

 Possessing a Pileated Woodpecker. Fine $10.00 

 and costs. 



Michell Bowers, Digby, Nova Scotia. Attempt- 

 ing to shoot an American Golden-eye in close 

 season. Seizure — One shot gun. Fine $10.00 and 

 costs (suspended). 



James Currie, Charlottetown, Prince Edward 

 Island. Hunting a Canada Goose in close season. 

 Fine $25.00 and costs. 



Charles W. Patterson, Charlottetown, Prince 

 Edward Island. Hunting a Canada Goose in 

 close season. Fine $25.00 and costs. 



John M. Roop, Charlottetown, Prince Edward 

 Island. Hunting a Canada Goose in close season. 

 Fine $25.00 and costs. 



Vernon Gay, Charlottetown, Prince Edward 

 Island. Hunting a Canada Goose in close 

 season. Fine $25.00 and costs. 



Gordon Worth, Charlottetown, Prince Edward 

 Island. Hunting a Canada Goose in close season 

 Fine $25.00 and costs. 



NOTES ON BIRDS IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN 



By L. B. Potter 



'I HE valley of the Frenchman River is about the 

 J- ■ northern limit of the Sage Grouse in south- 

 western Saskatchewan. At this point, 5 miles 

 above Eastend, the bird was never very numerous, 

 and we seldom saw a band exceeding 8 or 10 in 

 number. The Sage Grouse becomes very tame if 

 left alone and some years ago we were troubled 

 with the young birds trespassing in our garden, 

 where they would eat the hearts out of the lettuce 

 plants. Scaring them off had little effect, but 

 we managed to supply ourselves as well as the 

 Sage Chickens with lettuce in the end. On 

 another occasion I have seen a couple of young- 

 sters enjoying a dust bath within 20 yards of the 

 stable door. But the coming of the railway up 

 the valley changed all this and between 1914 and 

 1920 hardly a bird did we see. However, on the 

 wide flats below Eastend and all the way to the 

 international boundary, I believe there have 



always been fair numbers, and during the past 

 winter we have been glad to see a little band of 

 8 or 9 generally on our own land; and we hope 

 they may decide to remain here to breed. There 

 were two "dancing-grounds" within a mile of 

 this house and quite frequently I used to steal 

 up close and watch the proceedings. The Sage 

 Grouse at ordinary times is very inconspicuous, 

 harmonising well with the sage-brush in which, 

 for the most part, it feeds, but the white air-sacs 

 of the male birds at the pairing season can be 

 seen a mile away; and the sight of these white 

 objects moving about certainly puzzled me at 

 first, for without field-glasses the rest of the bird 

 is quite invisible so far away. 



During the winter of 1921-22 several Rosy 

 Finches (Leucosticte tephrocolis) appeared in the 

 valley. A bird of the Rocky Mountains in 

 summer, during the winter months it wanders 



