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Swan Lake. 



.Several trips were made to Swan Lake. This is a shallow alkaline lake, about four miles 

 long and half a infie wide, lying immediately north of the North Arm of Okanagan Lake. Tbe 

 shores are muddy and grown up with tules, rushes, and sedges. The rich bottom land is under 

 cultivation as close to the water as possible, but sufficient cover to make the shores an attractive 

 breediug-ground for birds is afforded by dense patches of second growth, chiefly aspen (JPopulus 

 tremuloides), mountain-birch (Bctnla fontinalis), willow (Salix sp.). and alder (Ainus sp.Y. 

 The following specie* of birds were breeding: — 



Holboelbs Grebe (Colyinbusi holbcelli). 



Horned Grebe (Colymbns anritns). 



Loon i Go via imrner). 



Black Tern (Mydrochelidon nigra surinamenste) . 



Mallard [Anas platyrliyncUos) . 



Redhead (Marila antericana). 



Ruddy Duck (Erismatttra jamaicensis'y. 



Bittern (Botaurtis lewtiginosus). 



Coot (Fulica americana). 



spotted Sandpiper (Act it is macvlaria). 



Killdeer [Oxyechus vocifcrus) . 



Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). 



Osprey (Pandion haliaetm carolineiisis) . 



Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus). 



Western Belted Kingfisher (Cerylc alcyon canrina). 



Red-naped Sapsucker (Xphyrapicus varius nvchalis). 



Kingbird [TyrannilS tyrannus). 



Western Wood Pewee {Myiochwnes richarOsoni ricliardsoni). 



Alder Flycatcher (Einpitltmnx trailli alnorum). 



Magpie [Pica pica hudsonia). 



Western Crow (Corvus brachyrhynclws hespcris). 



Yellow-headed Blackbird {Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus). 



Northwestern Redwing (Agelaiux phceniceus cawinus). 



Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 



BuDock'S Oriole (Icterus bullocki). 



Brewer"s Blackbird (Euphaga cyanocephalus) . 



Pale Goldfinch (Astragalintis tristis pallidiis). 



Western Vesper Sparrow (Pocecetes grainineus confinis). 



Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina arizonm). 



Sooty Song Sparrow (Mclospiza melodia rufina). 



Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus) . 



Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amcena). 



Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilld ccdrorum). 



Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivaced). 



California Yellow Warbler (Dendroica wstiva brewsteri). 



Pacific Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas arizela). 



Catbird (Dumetella carol inensis). 



Western Marsh Wren (Telmatodytes paVmtrin plesius). 



Chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus atricapillus). 



Willow thrush (llylocichla fuscescens salicieola). 



Western Robin ( Planesticus migratoriux propinquns) . 



Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) . 



Shuswap District. 



The Shuswap District was visited in the early part of June and again in the latter part 

 of October. Board was obtained at a ranch near Shuswap Falls. This proved much more 

 satisfactory than establishing a camp, as more time could be given to the collecting and 

 preparing of specimens. 



