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under bridges at Winnipeg ; tolerably common (apparently ?) as 

 far west as Qu'Appelle. (See Thompson-Seton, p. 560.) Spread- 

 borough spent a summer at Indian Head, about 10 miles south of 

 Qu'Appelle, and never saw or heard one and I am led to believe 

 that the pair noted at Qu'Appelle and at Oak Point, Lake Mani- 

 toba, was Contopus virens and not Sayornis phcebe as the observer 

 thought. {Macoun.) Apparently not common at the Grand 

 Rapids of the Saskatchewan ; only one specimen secured. 

 {Nutting.) A pair had a nest beneath the wharf at Norway House, 

 Keewatin-, and several more nests were observed on June 28th, as 

 we were passing through Hell Gate. The nests were placed on 

 the cliffs overhanging the water. {Prebles.) 



First saw one April 19th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., next jow 

 May 7th, nesting under a bridge, nest built of weeds and moss, 

 lined with grass and horse hair, rather bulky. On June 2nd 

 found a nest with five eggs in a coal-shed. {Spreadborough.) First 

 noticed at Athabasca Landing 'May 23rd, 1888. The commonest 

 bird up the Athabasca to Lesser Slave River. Eggs had been 

 incubated about a week on June ist. Common up the Clearwater 

 River, about Lat. 56° 30', and not rare on Methye Portage; com- 

 mon between Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — Nest found 21st June at Lac des Isles, 

 built on the end of a fallen tree overhanging the water, composed 

 of mud, grass and moss, lined with fine grass and feathers ; eggs, 

 five, white. {G. R. White) 



museum specimens. 



Four ; two taken at Ottawa by the writer ; one at Toronto by 

 Mr. S. Herring; and one at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saunders. 



One set of four eggs taken at Port Hope, Ont., April 20th, 

 1900, by Mr. N. H. Meeking. Nest of grass, wool, moss, hair, 

 bark and various soft material, placed under a projecting bank of 

 a creek 2J^ feet from the water. 



457. Say's Phoebe. 



Sayornis saya (Bonap.) Baird. 1858. 



One specimen was observed at Indian Head, Assa.,on May 20th, 

 1892, which was the only one seen ; not uncommon at Medicine 

 Hat and Crane Lake. Assa,, June, 1894 ; at Crane Lake a pair 

 built a nest on the verandah of the farm house just as the phcebe 



