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would rise rapidly to a height of a hundred feetormofe, uttering 

 a sweet, clear song ; after poising high in air and repeating this 

 song for several minutes the singer would slowly float toward 

 earth and alight 100 yards from where he started, soon to repeat 

 the same performance; we found a pair on the heights above Ben- 

 nett, June 17th, and a few, possibly members of one family, at 

 Circle, August 15-20. {Bishop.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-three; one taken at Resolution Island, Hudson Bay in 

 July, 1885, t)y Dr. R.Bell; one at Cape Prince of Wales, Hudson 

 Strait, by Mr. Payne, July, 1886; young specimen taken on Mount 

 Queest, B.C., July 27, 1889; four at Ottawa in September, 1890, by 

 Dr. F. A. Saunders; one at Indian Head, Assa., September i6th, 

 1891; two at Medicine Hatj Assa., April, 1894; two at Edmonton, 

 Alta., April, 1897; one at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 29th, 

 1891; one at Banff, Rocky Mountains April 20th, 1891; six at 

 Revelstoke, B.C. April, 1890; three at Huntington, B.C., Septem- 

 ber 30th, 1901, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



698. Meadow Pipit. 



Anthus pratensis (Linn.) Bechst. 1807. 

 Received in Copenhagen by Dr. Paulsen from Greenland in 

 1845. {Arct. Man.) 



699. Red-throated Pipit. 



Anthus cervinus (Pall.) Keys. & Blas. 1840. 

 A specimen of this bird was obtained in Greenland in 1845 ^^^ 

 makes the second record. {Turner.) This species was accredited 

 to the Aleutian Islands in 1853; and Dall records a specimen 

 which was obtained at St. Michael during the Russian telegraph 

 expedition. {Nelson.) 



700. Sprague's Pipit. 



Anthus spragueii (AuD.) Baird. 1864. 

 Found breeding in great numbers on the prairie near Turtle 

 Mountain and Mouse (Souris) River. {Coues.) A common sum- 

 mer resident on the elevated prairies in the south and west of 

 Manitoba in 1882. In 1892 I failed to see or hear a single indi- 



