October, 1902.] BIRDS OF KEEWATIN. 117 



Forster recorded it from Severn River/' his record bein^ probably 

 the earliest notice of the bird, whiph was then undescribed. Murray 

 received specimens from Severn House and Trout Lake,* and Bell 

 reported it from York Factory.'^ The catalogue of birds in the U. S. 

 National Museum collection contains the record of specimens taken 

 at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



Scolecophagus cyanocephalus (Waol.). Brewer Blackbird. 



Common in the Red River Valley, Ix'tween "Winnipeg and West Sel- 

 kirk, June 11. Nutting records this species and S. ivroliimv from the 

 lower Saskatchewan, where both apparently breed. <^ 



ftuiscalus quiscula seneus (Ridgw.). Bronzed Gi'ackle. 



Several seen near Sea Falls and on the lower Echimamish June 21; 

 rather common June 26 and 27 at Robinson Portage, where two speci- 

 mens were collected; common at Oxford House June 30 to Jul}' 1; 

 and a single bird seen on upper Hill River July 7. On the return trip 

 several were seen on Trout River, near Oxford House, September 9. 



Bell reported Q. lyarjnirens from York Factor^-,'' and Clarke recorded 

 an adult male from Fort Churchill, collected many years ago.*" The 

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

 the record of a, specimen taken at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton 

 Haydon. 



Coccothraustes vespertinus (Coop.). Evening Grosbeak. 



Thompson, on the authority of R. H. Hunter, reports that this 

 species was seen in autumn, winter, and early spring at Big Island, , 

 Lake Winnipeg.-^ 



Pinieola enucleator leucura (Miill.). Pine Grosbeak. 



A male was seen perched on a tree overhanging Hill River, near 

 the mouth of Fox River, July S. The species was reported to us by 

 the residents of Fort Churchill. 



Edwards figured a pair of these birds brought from Hudson Bay 

 by Mr. Isham, who informed him that they wintered there. ^ Forster 

 recorded it from Severn River;'' Murray recorded it from Severn 

 House;* Bell reported that it was frequenth' seen on the Churchill in 

 the latter part of July; * Clarke recorded adults of both sexes, collected 



a Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 400, 1772. 



6Edin. New Phil. Journ. (new ser.), IX, p. 223, 1859. 



cEept. Prog. Can. Geoi. Surv., 1878-79, App. YI, p. BSc (1880). 



<«Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 274, 1893. 



«Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 



/Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, p. 584, 1890. 



5- Nat. Hist., Ill, pis. 123 and 124, 1750. 



APhil. Trans., LXII, p. 402, 1772. 



iRept. Prog. Can. Geol. Surv., 1878-79, App. VI, p. 70c (1880). 



