CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3 



numbers in Waterhen Lake and the southern end of L ike Winni- 

 pegoosis. It is found in most lakes of the prairie regi >n but pre- 

 fers the lakes in the forest country north of the Saskatchewan. 

 In 1892 it arrived at Indian Head in eastern Assiniboia on May 

 nth. At that time their stomachs contained feathers, water- 

 insects and a specimen of Amblystoma nuivortium seven inches 

 long. Early in June a nest was taken containing eight eggs of a 

 dirty white colour. The nest was made of buUrushes {Scirpus 

 lacustris) and floated on the surface of the water. It has been 

 found breeding by Macfarlane in Lat. 68° 30', Long. 128° west, so 

 that its breeding grounds extend from Lat. 50° to the Arctic Sea. 

 Nelson states that it breeds on the Yukon and at Norton Sound, 

 and Fannin that it breeds throughout northern British Columbia, 

 so we may conclude that its breeding grounds are co-extensive 

 with the lakes of the northern forest. It is a winter resident 

 along the Pacific coast of British Columbia. On April 27, 1887, 

 it was seen in large flocks in Nanaimo harbour and along the 

 whole coast to Comox. A few days later they all disappeared. 

 Reported by Brooks to be a common winter resident on Okana- 

 gan Lake, B. C. 



Breeding Notes. — Common at Indian Head, Assa., in the 

 spring of 1892. Breeding in pairs in the reeds along the margins 

 of the lakes. Nest made of reeds, grass and mud, attached to the 

 growing reeds or masses of dead vegetable matter. [Spreadborough.) 

 Breeds along the margin of Snake Lake, Alberta. {Dippie.) At 

 Shoal Lake, Manitoba, on June 9th, 1894, I found this species 

 breeding abundantly. The nests contained an average of five eggs 

 each. All the nests had the eggs covered with weeds, which is 

 the usual habit of this family, for all the Grebes cover their eggs 

 in the daytime, but when suddenly disturbed from their nests the 

 bird has not time to take this precaution. Two or three pairs 

 breed at Long Lake, Manitoba, and this species also breeds 

 abundantly at Gull Lake, northern Alberta. {Raitie.') My notes 

 record but two nests of this Grebe, one contained four and the 

 other five eggs, and both were found at a distance of some 40 or 

 50 miles south of Fort Anderson. {Macfarlane.') 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Our specimens are three males and one female obtained at 

 Ottawa, Ont., Toronto, Ont., and at Indian Head, Assa. One set 

 of seven eggs taken June loth, 1892, in a small lake at Indian 

 Head, Assa., by Spreadborough. 



