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52. Cygnus Americanus, Sharpless ; Whistling swan. A few are shot 



every spring at Port Churchill, from which place a speci- 

 men was presented by Mr. J. E. Spencer. 



53. Pelecanus fuscus, Linn.; Brown pelican. Breeds in the smaller 



lakes near Lake Winnipeg and north-westward. Several 

 specimens were shot in Lake Winnipeg in October. 



54. Oolymbus septentrionalis, Linn. ; Bed-throated diver. York Factory. 



Mr. Ross has shot a specimen flying past at Norway 

 House. 



55. " torquatus, Brunn ; Great Northern diver. Breeds in many 



lakes throughout the district. Mr. Fortescue informed me 

 that in the spring of 1818, just after the ice broke up at 

 York Factory, great numbers of these birds congregated 

 in the mouth of Hayes' River, a circumstance which had 

 never been observed in any previous season. 



The Passenger Pigeon was seen in small flocks in the upper part of ' 

 the Nelson River in the beginning of September, 1878. It very rarely 

 passes York Factory, and has never been known at Fort Churchill. 

 The common American Snipe was met with near the Nelson River 

 above Split Lake. I saw one specimen of the Woodcock at York 

 Factory in the end of August last. This bird is not uncommon in 

 Manitoba, although the fact is not generally known. The Pine 

 Grosbeak was frequently seen on the Churchill River in the end of 

 July, showing that it probably breeds in this region. 



