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of a small lake. On May 12th. 1916, a nest containing eleven fresh eggs was found in the hay-loft 

 of a log barn built on the shore of an alkaline lake. The nest was concealed in the hay under 

 one of the big cross-beams. The loft was open in many places between the logs ; there was also 

 a large opening at the end of the building, and through this the female visited the nest. 



Buffle-head (Charitonetta albeola). 



A common resident. A set of ten partly incubated eggs was taken on May 22nd. 1915. The 

 nest was in an old flicker's hole. 10 feet from the ground, at the top of a dead Douglas fir on 

 the shore of a small alkaline lake. The cavity was much enlarged by decay, and at a touch 

 the whole side pulled away and exposed the eggs in their bed of down. The same nest had 

 evidently been used for several years, as there were fragments of old shells in the bottom of 

 the hole and mixed through the down. 



iulled ItowiTCHEK (Macrorliamph us griseus scolopaceus). 



An adult male in summer plumage taken on July 30th, 1915, and two immature males taken 

 on September 9th. 1916. are the only Okanagan records. 



Least Sandpiper (Phobia minutilJa) . 



Common fall migrant. Xone observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when 

 five were seen. A few seen daily until May 11th. 



Yellow-legs (Tolamis flavipes). 



Common fall migrant. Xone observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, w T hen 

 one was seen which remained in the vicinity until May 11th. 



Richabdson's Grotjse (Dendragopiis obsmms ricliardsoni) . 



On May 3rd. 1916, a nest containing ten fresh eggs was found under an old rail fence. The 

 nest was a shallow depression in the ground S inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, well lined 

 with pine-needles and grouse-feathers. A nest with seven partly incubated eggs was found in 

 a similar situation on May 13th, 1915. 



Marsh Hawk (Circles hudsonius). 



Two pair found breeding at Swan Lake. Nest and eggs taken on May 15th and May 18th. 

 The nests were loosely constructed of sticks, weed-stalks, and dry grass, built in the marsh 

 20 yards from shir.-. The tules had been beaten down for a distance of 3 feet around the nest, 

 forming a small clearing in the marsh. 



Goshawk {Astur airtcapiTlus atricapillus) . 



All specimens taken here appear to be referable to this form. Both adults and young are 

 much paler than examples of striatulus from the Coast. 



Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium gnoma gnoma). 



Common summer resident, more plentiful in the region of Murray pine and larch. A nest 

 containing seven downy young was found in a deserted woodpecker hole, 30 feet from the 

 d. in a dead larch, on June 9th, 1915. 



ARCTIC THIIEE-TOEI) WOODPECKER (PiCOUlCS UlCticils). 



Resident in the Canadian Zone. Less common than -fasciatus. A breeding female was 

 taken on the Nation Plateau on May 30th. 1910. 



Alaska Tbbee-toed Woodpecker (Picoides americanus faseiatus). 



A common resident in the Canadian Zone, preferring the burnt areas of spruce and larch. 

 Taken on the Nahun Plateau, at Shuswap Falls, and Little White Mountain. A Juvenal male 

 collected at Shuswap Falls on June 17th showed the yellow crown patch, but more restricted 

 than in the adult male. 



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