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Antrostomus vociferus (Wils.). Whip-poor-will. 



Bell says: '"The Whippoorwill was not seen nor heard north of 

 Norway House,""- implying its occurrence at that point. Bendire, 

 probably referring to the same record, sa3^s: "As far as I have been 

 able to ascertain, this species reaches the extreme northern limits of 

 its range on the north shore of Lake Winnipeg, near Norway House.* 



The species probably occui's regularlj' in extreme southern Keewatin. 



Chordeiles virginianus (Gmel.). Night-hawk. 



Rather common at Norway House June 17 to 23, and several seen 

 at Robinson Portage June 27, Oxford Lake June 30, and about the 

 shoics of Knee Lake Julj^ 5. They seemed to frequent entirely the 

 districts which had l)een swept by fire. As we saw none on our return 

 eai'ly in September, they had undoubtedly migrated by that time. 



Murray recorded the species from Trout Lake," Bell reported it 

 from York Factory," and a specimen collected years ago at Fort 

 Churchill is recorded by Clarke. '' Edward Sabine recorded one that 

 was picked up dead on Melville Island. •* The catalogue of birds in 

 the U. S. National Museum collection contains the record of a speci- 

 men taken at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



Muscivora forflcata (Gmel.). Scissor-tailed Flj'catcher. 



Bell recorded a " specimen of 2Llhmlm forjicatux in the Govern- 

 ment Museum shot at York Factor}^ in the summer of 1880. "■^' The 

 species has also been reported from Manitoba. 'J It evidently occurs 

 only as a rare straggler. 



Tyrannus tyrannus (Linn.). Kingbird. 



The catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum collection 

 records a specimen collected at Moose Factor}' July 11, 1881, by Wal- 

 ton Haj'don. Nutting found the species abundant at Grand Rapids, 

 at the mouth of the Saskatchewan.'' It should occur regularl}' in 

 southern Keewatin. 



Sayornis phoebe (Lath.). Phcebe. 



A pair had a nest beneath the wharf at Norway House, and several 

 more nests were observed on June 28 as we were passing through 

 Hell Gate Gorge. They were placed on the face of cliffs overhanging 

 the water, and contained young nearly ready to fly. Though the bird 



a Kept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv,, 1878-79, App, VI, p. 68c (1880). 



6Life Hist. N. A. Birds (U. S. Nat. Mus. Special Bull. 3), p. 146, 1895 (1 



cEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 222, 1859. 



(i!Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 



"Suppl. to Appendix, Parry's First Voyage, p. cxciv, 1824. 



/Proc. Royal Soc. Canada, 1882, I, Sec. IV, p. 52, (1883). 



ffSeton, Auk, II, p. 218, 1885. 



ANat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 271, 1893. 



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