124 NORTH AMBRICATSr FAUNA. [tio.W, 



Tachycineta bicolor (Vieill.). Tree Swallow. 



A few seen on lower Red River June 15, and two at Norway House 

 Juno 10. Common between Norwaj' House and Oxford House, and 

 many nests observed in deserted holes of woodpeckers in trees at 

 the water's edge, June ^3 to 30. Common also at Oxford House, and 

 noted on Steel River July 0. On our return through their haunts 

 earlj' in Septemlier we saw none. The catalogue of birds in the U. S. 

 National jMuseum collection records specimens taken at Moose Fac- 

 tory, and the species probably ranges throughout southern Keewatin. 



Riparia riparia (Linn.). Bank Swallow. 



A small colony wi^s found on Red River, a few miles below Winni- 

 peg, June 11, and a large one in a high clay bank on the shore of 

 Oxford Lake, near Oxford House. June 30. Several colonies were 

 seen July K* on Hayes River, a few miles above York Factory. The 

 catalogue of birds in the U. S. National Museum collection records a 

 specimen taken at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



Ampelis garrulus Linn. Bohemian Waxwing. 



Three were observed Ijy Alfred E. Preble in the stunted spruce 

 woods near Fort Churchill July 25. 



Tyrrell speaks of seeing a tlock '' in a grove of birch trees near the 

 shore of Theitaga Lake, on their breeding grounds."" This lake is 

 situated about 300 miles slightly north of west of Fort Churchill. 



Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.). Cedar Waxwing. 



Recorded by Baird from Moose Factory, where it was collected by 

 Drexler August 26, 18()0.* Walton Haydon took specimens at the 

 same place in 1881. Nutting found it breeding abundantl_y at Grand 

 Rapids and Chemawawin, Saskatchewan.'^ 



Lanius borealis Vieill. Northern Shrike. 



Two specimens were taken at Fort Churchill, where the birds were 

 rather common July 23 to 30, and one was taken and another noted 

 near Painted Stone Portage September 11. 



Forster recorded Lanhtfi e:n'ubit<ri\ referring to the present species, 

 from Severn River;'' Murray received specimens from Trout Lake 

 and Severn House;' and Bell reported it from York Factory.-^ The 

 species was collected at Moose Factory in 1881 by Walton Haydon. 



Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). Red-e3'ed Vireo. 



Abundant about Lake Winnipeg, at Norway House, and between 

 Norway House and Oxford House. In the vicinitj- of Oxford House 



"Ann. Rept. Can. Geol. Surv., 1896 (new ser.), IX, p. 165F (1897). 



^ Review of American Bird.s, p. 408, May, 1866. 



(■Nat. Hist. Bull. Univ. Iowa, II, p. 277, 1893. 



<iPhil. Trans., LXII, p. 386, 1772. 



f Edin. New Phil. Jonrn. (new ser.), IX, p. 223, 1859. 



/Rept. Prog. Can. (leol. Surv., 1878-79, App, VI, p. 68c. (1880). 



