October, 1902.] BIRDS OF KEEWATIN. 119 



Spinus pinus (Wils.). Pine Siskin. 



Nutting records the pine siskin from Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, 

 where two syjeeimens were tal?:en/' It probabljr occurs throughout 

 southern Keewatin, but 1 tind no published records. 



Passerina nivalis (Linn.). SnowHake. 



Edwards figured the 'Snow-Biixl from Hudson's-Bay,'* and on this 

 figure Linnffius partially l)ased his description of Kniheriza niralix. 

 Forster recorded migrants from Severn River;'' Richardson says the 

 species breeds on Melville Peninsula,'' and records it as usually arriv- 

 ing at Fort Churchill from March 26 to April 6, and being very 

 rarely seen in midwinter; Dr. Rae saw 3'oung near Neville Bay;" 

 Swainson and Richardson speak of its breeding about Chesterfield 

 Inlet;-^' Murray received specimens from Hudson Bay, Severn House, 

 and Trout Lake;^ Bell reported it from York Factorj';* Clarke from 

 Fort Churchill;* the British Museum Catalogue has a record of one 

 collected by Dr. Rae at Repulse Bay; and the catalogue of birds in 

 the U. S. National Museum collection records a specimen taken at 

 Moose Factory in 1S81 by Walton I-Ia3^dou. 



Calcarius lapponicus (Linn.). Lapland Longspur. 



Rather common 10 miles north of Fort Churchill, on the shores of 

 Button Bay, where an immature bird was taken July .31. Abundant 

 on the Barren Grrounds south of Cape Eskimo August 1 to 13, at 

 which time the old birds were moulting and were almost invariably 

 destitute of tail feathers. They were seen in great numbers near 

 Hubbart Point August 17, and were common at Norway House Sep- 

 tember 19, where one was secured. At the latter point they were feed- 

 ing in company with horned larks. 



Forster recorded the species from Severn River;-'' Murray received 

 specimens from Trout Lake and Severn House ;^ Clarke recorded 

 adults and young collected at Fort Churchill;* and two specimens col- 

 lected at Repulse Ba^- by Dr. Rae are mentioned in the British Museum 

 Catalogue. The catalogue of birds in the IT. S. National Museum 

 collection contains the record of a specimen taken at Moose Factory 

 in 1S81 by Walton Haj'don. 



a Nat- Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 275, 1893. 



6 Nat. Hist, III, pi. 126, 1750. 



cPhil. Trans., LXII, p. 403, 1772. 



('Appendix to Parry's Seojnd A'oyage, p. 344, 1825 (1827). 



"Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea, p. 24, 1850. 



/ Fauna Boreali-Americana, II, p. 246, 1831. 



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



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



i Auk, VII, p. 322, 1890. 



J Phil. Trans., LXII, p. 404, 1772 



