CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 5 



near the east point, and discovered a nest with two fresh eggs 

 on June 22nd. This nest exactly resembled the one I found on 

 Escott Pond. It was constructed in an exposed position amongst 

 a few rushes, scarcely concealed at all, and the decayed vegetable 

 matter of which it was made was completely soaked with water. 

 The birds are readily identified, but most of the eggs present no 

 obvious difference from those of the Pied-billed Grebe ; a few of 

 them, however, are longer and a trifle larger. {Rev. C.J. Young.) 

 Breeds in the St. Clair marshes, and in smaller numbers in marshes 

 at Point Pelee, Lake Erie. ( W. Saunders.') 



On June 15th a few nests were seen in a marsh near Crane 

 Lake, Assa. This species, so far as I know, does not breed in 

 colonies. The nests at Crane Lake were placed on small mounds 

 of mud on reeds floating on the water, and the three taken con- 

 tained four, five and eight eggs respectively. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



We have six skins representing this species, three of which 

 were obtained at Toronto, Ont., and three taken at Indian Head, 

 Assa., in May, 1892, by Spreadborough. Our eggs consist of two 

 sets taken by Spreadborough at Crane Lake, Assa. One set of 

 eight was taken June 15th and another of nine June I2th, 1894. 



4. American Eared Grebe. 



Colymbus nigricollis californicus (Heerm.) Ridgw. 1885. 



A specimen in the flesh sent to Dr. Yarmir of Lucknow, Bruce 

 Co., Ont., from Colpoy Bay, Lake Huron. {Mclllwraith.) 



A common summer resident in Manitoba, breeding in great 

 numbers in many of the lakes and ponds. They make their nests 

 on rushes, composed of the same material. We found as many 

 as six eggs in some nests, but in the greater number of nests only 

 four. [Thompson.) This bird is found in all parts of the prairie 

 region where there is suitable water and cover ; it occurs as far 

 north as Great Slave Lake, {Ross) and is found all through 

 the southern part of British Columbia. Unlike the Horned Grebe 

 it breeds in colonies or groups of a dozen or more nests, and the 

 writer has often looked down on them in the small lakes of the 

 interior as they sat on their nests with the water all around them. 

 In nearly all cases the eggs were partly covered by water. 



