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for them. They would leave the neighbor- 
hood of the rock pile, apparently for the 
shelter of heavy timber, in advance of an 
approaching heavy snowstorm, which 
action was remarked by the men as a 
weather indicator. 
These birds seem inclined to remain 
during the summer. In early spring they 
seemed to live largely on the buds of the 
trees—R. R. SEEBER, Winona, Mich. 
[In response to an inquiry as to how 
Bird - Lore 
They arrive about April to-15 in the 
vicinity of Edmonton, and in a few days 
their chebec is heard on all sides. Most 
of the nests are located in a crotch of a 
poplar sapling at all distances from the 
ground. I was on the lookout for a suit- 
able nest to photograph, and on July 12, 
1908, found one at the edge of a wood 
in a poplar sapling eight feet from the 
ground. 
The camera was set with no pretense 
LEAST FLYCATCHER SHADING YOUNG 
Photographed by J. M. Schreck 
long the birds remained, Mr. Seeber re- 
plied under date of June 15, 1910: ‘““The 
Grosbeaks have not been prominent 
around the mine location for about four 
weeks, and I believe are nesting in the 
heavier timber, but I have located no 
nests. I saw one Grosbeak in the air about 
three nights ago.”’] 
The Least Flycatcher 
The Least Flycatcher is one of the 
commonest birds of northern Alberta. 
of a blind, andit did not take long to get 
pictures of the adult bird brooding young. 
I visited the nest several, times, and 
on two occasions caught both birds at the 
nest, but the usual custom was for one to 
leave as the other approached the nest. 
The male bird was very tame,—in 
fact he would brood young until I touched 
his back,—and the last picture taken 
at the nest was made while I stood back 
of the camera and focused on the bird 
himself. 
When the young were fully feathered, 
