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the same position for twenty minutes, then flew away to another lake 

 near by. 



On starting home I flushed a Wilson's Snipe, but failed to locate its 

 nest. Several Killdeers were running along the shore, continually uttering 

 their familiar cries and trying to lead me away from their nest of young, 

 which I did not have time to locate. 



The Northern Flicker is quite scarce here. I do not remember seeing 

 more than two or three pairs during the season and did not locate a single 

 nesting site. White-throated Sparrows and Slate-colored Juncos abound in 



NEST AND YOUNG OF OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH 



the low, wet places, even in the back yards in the city, and frequently are 

 seen sitting on the telephone and electric light wire on the busiest streets. 



The English Sparrow did not seem to be very abundant in the spring of 

 1906, and the following fall numerous flocks could be seen at most any 

 time of day chattering in the trees or flying about over town. 



The American Robins are more numerous here than I expected to find 

 them. They nest along the Saskatchewan River and close to habitation; 

 the greatest number of nests I located were in white poplar trees. The one 

 in the illustration was on a steep hillside near the river. Even in this short 

 summer two broods are reared. Several nests of the Olive -backed Thrush 

 were found, all of them being about the same height above ground and 

 constructed of the same material. In the nest containing the three young 

 Thrushes, shown in the illustration, two Cowbird eggs were found. 



