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Dawson, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, at 

 False Bay, Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, in 1885, to- 

 gether with one solitary egg found' by Mr. Eaine at Black 

 Lake, Saskatchewan, on June 10th, 1891. 



70. Common Teen — Sterna hirundo (Linn.). 



Mr. John Eeid shot a male and female of this tern at 

 Fort Providence in the spring of 1885, which, together with 

 a sample egg, was sent to Dr. Bell. They breed in num- 

 bers on islets in the Mackenzie River, as -w^ell as in similar 

 positions on the shores of Great Slave and other inland lakes. 

 They also breed extensively on the Arctic coast, and in many 

 other suitable localities throughout the entire region under 

 review. Although its eggs Avere not desiderata, and we did 

 all we could to discourage their gathering, yet a large num- 

 ber were received at Fort Anderson for shipment to Washing- 

 ton. There are several specimens and twenty-seven eggs in 

 the Dominion Museum collection at Ottawa. 



125. Ameeican White Pelican — Pelecanus erythro- 

 rhynchos (Gmelin). 



This pelican is fairly abundant and nests on rocky islands 

 in the vicinity of the Slave Eiver Rapids near Fort Smith, 

 and it is also sparingly present on the southern shores of 

 Great Slave Lake to Big Island, at the outlet of the Mac- 

 kenzie River therefrom, while an occasional bird or two 

 have been observed as far north as Fort Providence. They 

 are not unknovra at Pelican Narrows, Cumberland. 



Richardson says they deposit their eggs on small rocky 

 islands, and this, Professor Macoun states, accords with our 

 own knowledge. Their nests are merely depressions in the 

 gravel or sand, generally lined with an algoid matting that 

 is often found blown up on the shore. Eggs, one to three, 

 very much like that of the Canada goose, but the surface 

 of the shell is rougher. The Ottawa Museum specimens 



