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there. On May 25th, 1895, a pair was seen at a pool on the prairie 

 near Old Wives lake and later, on June 6th, a large number was 

 seen and a few specimens taken at Twelve-mile lake, near Wood 

 mountain, Sask. 



One male taken at Ducks, near Kamloops, B.C., August i8th, 

 1889, by Clark P. Streator. Not uncommon in the lower Fraser 

 valley. Taken at Quesnel, B. C, during migration. (Brooks.) 

 Thirteen specimens were taken at Point Barrow and Port Clarence, 

 Alaska, in 1897. (Mcllhenny.) I saw a single bird on the Pribilof 

 islands that had just arrived from the south. (Palmer.) 



Their great numbers in the east during the migrations and their 

 late and dilatory spring movement in the west, point to their chief 

 breeding grounds being on the southern and western shores of 

 Hudson bay, between James bay and York Factory, as here there 

 is a low marshy shore just suited for nesting. The Severn, where 

 Hutchins found them breeding, is in this district. Westward of 

 Hudson bay it extends to Point Barrow in Alaska, where Murdoch 

 says it arrives in large flocks in July and leaves in August. All 

 came from the east and the specimens taken were young birds. 



Breeding Notes. — Occurs sparingly at the mouth of the Koak- 

 soak river, Ungava bay, Labrador, and from its actions indicated 

 breeding. Audubon, Vol. V., 278, states that he found them dis- 

 persed in pairs and having nests early in June in Labrador. (Tur- 

 ner.) Mr. Hutchins in 1770 writes as follows: — "This species arrives 

 at Severn river (about 150 miles southeast of York Factory) by the 

 middle of May in large flocks, builds a nest early in June of withered 

 grass, and lays four or five black and white spotted eggs. Towards 

 the auturnn it has a chirruping note, and in September it retires to 

 the southward." (Richardson.) Common on the Labrador coast, 

 breeding locally. I took downy young on Seal island. (Bigelow.) 

 Adults and young were at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay, July 25th. 

 (Preble.) Common bre'eder in all the northern parts of the Hudson 

 Bay region. (A . P. Low.) We saw a few at Hay lake, May 29th 

 1905, Bishop collected a female that would soon have laid at Big 

 Stick lake, Sask., June 14th, 1906. (^4. C. Bent.) "Fairly abundant 

 injthe Barren Grounds, but more so on the shores of Franklin 

 bay, where a number of specimens with eggs were procured. 

 (Macfarlane.) 



