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should occui- throughout southern Keewatin, I find no published rec- 

 ords of its occurrence in the Province. 



Contopus borealis (Swains.). Olive-sided Fl3'catcher. 



Observed but once, on July 4, in a swamp bordering Trout Eiver, 

 between Oxford House and Knee Lake. The bird was perched on a 

 tali dead tree, uttering at intervals its characteristic note. 



Murray recorded the species from Hudson Baj'." 



Empidonax trailli alnorum Brewst. Alder Flycatcher. 



Flycatchers referred to aJiiorvvi were several times observed by us 

 at Norway House, and while we were ascending the Echimamish. but 

 various causes, including their extremely wary habits, conspired to 

 prevent their collection. 



Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. 



A nest containing well-incubated eggs was collected near the south 

 end of Oxford Lake on the morning of June 30. The female parent 

 was secured at the same time. I have compared this bird with most 

 of the specimens in the large series in the U. S. National Museum 

 collection, and it proves to have a smaller bill than any of them. 



Turner recorded a specimen collected by C. Drexler at Moose 

 Factory.* 



Otocoris alpestris (Linn.). Horned Lark. 



An adult male horned lark, collected at Moose Factory- June 18, 

 1863, and now in the U. S. National Museum collection, has been sev- 

 eral times recorded. This specimen proves, on examination, to be 

 referable to the t}'pical form. 



Otocoris alpestris hoyti Bishop. Hoyt Horned Lark. 



We first met with this form on the ' Barrens ' about 50 miles north 

 of York Factory July 19, and found it common from there north as 

 far as we went, especially at Fort Churchill, where adult birds and a 

 young one not long from the nest were taken July ^4 to 26. A speci- 

 men was collected 50 miles south of Cape Eskimo August -l. During 

 our return we saw manj^ horned larks on the clearing at Norway 

 House, September 16 to 19, feeding in company with Lapland long- 

 spurs. 



Bishop has recorded specimens of this form from Depot Island, 

 ' Hudson Strait' [Hudson Bay].'- ,T. C. Ross took a specimen near Felix 

 Harbor, Boothia.'' Richardson recorded a specimen taken July 10, 



aEdin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p; 223, 1859. 



'' Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VIII, p. 242, 1885. 



c Auk, XIII, p. 132, 1896. 



''Appendix to Ross's Second ^'oyage, p. xxvi, 1835. 



