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1822, near Cape Wilson, Melville Peninsula;" and Murray received 

 specimens from York Factory and Severn House.* Forster recorded 

 horned larks from Albany Foi't,*^ but in the absence of specimens, it 

 is impossible to decide whether aljvsfrk or hoi/ti is referred to. 



Pica pica hudsonia (Sab.). Magjjie. 



Forster recorded the magpie from Albany Fort under the name 

 Vom/n p'lat. '^ Thompson, quoting Hutchins's manuscript, says that 

 one wa,s caught in a marten trap at Yoi'k Factoiy ;'' and Joseph Sabine, 

 who described hmlKOjun from Cumbeidand House, speaks of liaving 

 had a specimen from Hudson Bay in his possession some time before.-^ 

 Fielden records a specimen procured at York Factory.* 



Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.). Blue Jay. 



Several were seen in the groves of Qncrcus inacrncurpa at AVest 

 Selkirk on the morning of September 22. According to Chamberlain, 

 the species has been taken at Moose Factor^^'' Russell records it from 

 Grand Rapids.* 



Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.). Canada Jay. 



This species was reported about Norway House, and was seen nearl}" 

 every day on our journey between there and York Factory. Speci- 

 mens were collected on the Echimamish, at Oxford House, and at 

 York Faotorj-; and Alfred E. Preble saw several near Fort Churchill. 



Murray recorded the species from Severn House/' and Clarke an 

 adult from Fort Churchill.^' The catalogue of birds in the U. S. 

 National Museum collection records a specimen taken at Moose Fac- 

 tory in 1881 bj' Walton Haydon. 



Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. 



We saw several between Robinson Portage and Pine Lake June 28, 

 and while descending Hill River Julv S noticed a pair flying about the 

 face of a high clay bank. Except for one seen at Fort Churchill Julj' 

 30, we did not again note the species. 



James Clark Ross speaks of a pair which wintered at Port Bowen, 

 Prince Regent Inlet. ^ Bell reported this species as breeding through- 



a Appendix to Parry's Second Voyage, p. 343, 1825 (1827). 

 6Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 398, 1859. 

 « Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 398, 1772. 

 <«Ibia., p. 387, 1772. 



«Proo. IT. 8. Nat. Mua., XIII, p. 565, 1890. 



/Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea, Appendix, p. 671, 1823. 

 y Transactions Norwich Society, IV, p. 348, 1887. 

 '' Catalogue Canadian Birds, p. 75, 1887. 

 » Explorations, in the Far North, p. 264, 1898. 

 .7Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 222, 1859. 

 *Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 

 ? Parry's Third Voyage, Appendix, p. 97, 1826. 



