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and 6. Not noted between Knee Lake and York Factory on our 

 inward trip, though we found the S2)eeies rather common on Hill River 

 when we ascended it early in September. 



Melospiza lincolni (Aud.). Lincoln Sparrow. 



Rather common Jul}^ 13 to 16 at York Factory, where three speci- 

 mens were collected. 



Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). Swamp Sparrow. 



A few were seen in the shrubby woods back of the post at Oxford 

 House, and an adult Avas taken July 3. At York Factory, whore the 

 species was rather common, two young, not long from the nest, were 

 taken July 13 and 16. 



Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. 



First noticed on the afternoon of July 10, when its beautiful song- 

 was heard in the willow thickets bordering Hayes River a few miles 

 aboA'e York FactorJ^ While ut York Factory we found fox sparrows 

 fairly common in willow thickets, and took a pair Juh=' 16. 



Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.). Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



We heard the song of this bird while descending Red River, a few 

 miles below Winnipeg, June 11. King took one near the north end 

 of Lake Winnipeg in the summer of 1835."^ 



Progne subis (Linn.). Purple Martin. 



Edwards figured a bird brought from Hudson Bay by Mr. Isham, 

 calling it the 'Great American Martin'.* Linnteus based his descrip- 

 tion of Hirundd snljiv on Edwards's figure. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons (Say). Cliff Swallow. 



Forster recorded a specimen sent from Severn River as ' Hirundo 

 No. 35.' " This is probably the earliest notice of the species, which was 

 not formallj' described until many j'eais afterward. Baird records 

 a specimen taken at Moose Factory May 27, I860;'' and Barnston 

 mentions the species as arriving at ^lartin Falls, Albany River, by 

 May 15.'' 



Hirundo erythrogastra Bodd. Barn Swallow. 



On the morning of August 13, while I was encamped at the mouth of 

 a river on the Barren (Jrounds, about 25 miles south of Cape Eskimo, 

 a barn swallow that had evidently been following the course of the 

 stream flew past the camp. When it reached the Bay it turned south- 

 ward and soon disappeared from sight down the coast. 



"Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, II, p. 225, 1836. 



6 Nat. Hist, III, pi. 120, 1750. 



cPhil. Trans., LXII, p. 408, 1772. 



d Review of American Birds, p. 290, May, 1865. 



eEdin. New Phil. Journ., XXX, p. 254,' 1841. 



