APPENDIX G 



ST OF BIRDS NOTED ON THE SETON EXPEDI- 

 TION OF 1907 l BY E. T. SETON 

 AND E. A. PREBLE. 



Colymbus holbcelli (Reinhardt) . Holbcell's Grebe. 



This grebe was first observed at Edmonton on May 10, and 

 several were seen and one was collected at Athabaska Landing 

 on May 17. Next observed on October 16 on the Athabaska, 

 near Fort McKay, during our return trip. 



Colymbus auritus Linn. Horned Grebe. 



The horned grebe was observed on a small pond near Sandy 

 Creek, south of Athabaska Landing, on May 12. It was next 

 observed on the Athabaska, near Fort McKay, May 30, and 

 again below Fort Chipewyan on June 5. It was also noted a 

 few miles below Fort Smith on June 24. 



Gavia immer (Brunn.). Loon. 



The common loon was first observed near Edmonton on May 

 11, and during our northward voyage was seen on the Athabaska, 

 near Athabaska Landing, on May 13 and 15, and near Brule 

 Rapid, May 26. It was common on Great Slave Lake, being 

 noted almost daily, June 18 to 26, between Fort Resolution and 

 the eastern extremity of the lake. It was seen also on Clinton- 

 Golden Lake, near its southern shore, on August 28. On our 

 return trip it was seen on Great Slave Lake, near Caribou Island, 

 on September 20 and 21, and one was observed on the Atha- 

 baska, near Calling River, on October 30. Chr. Harding 

 informed us that numbers of loons are caught in fish nets at 

 Fort Resolution in the spring. 



'See also "Bird Record from Great Slave Lake Region," by E. T. 

 Seton. "Auk," Jan., 1908, pp. 68-74. 



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