1908.] 



BIRDS. 



315 



Under the name Rdllus novehoracemis, Bonaparte records a male 

 and female, in the collection of Leadbeater, taken on the ''Athapescow 

 Lake near the Rocky Mountains." " Seton records the species from 

 the marshy country along Little Buffalo River, 50 miles south of Fort 

 Resolution, where its notes were heard in the summer of 1907.^ 



Fulica americana Gmel. American Coot. 



A few records of the occurrence of this species indicate that it is 

 found nearh^ throughout the wooded region, but is not common except 

 in its southern part. 



In 1901 we met with this species but once — near Fort Chipewyan, 

 Alberta, May 23, when a single individual was seen in a small marshy 

 pond. 



In 1903 we first observed the bird in a small slough near Sturgeon 

 River, Alberta, May 13, and we noted two on Slave River a few 

 miles below Fort Smith June 15. J. W. Mills writes me that he ob- 

 served this sj^ecies at Fort Simpson on June 1, 1905. In a manuscript 

 list recently received from MacFarlane he states that a nest contain- 

 ing six eggs was found near Fort ChipeAvyan on June 7, 1880. H. W. 

 Jones reports the species from Hay River, Great Slave Lake. 



Ross listed this bird as occurring in the Mackenzie River region 

 north to Fort Simpson, and as having been collected at that post.^ 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that it was taken at Fort Resolu- 

 tion, Fort Simpson, Big Island, and in the Gens cle Large Mountains.'' 

 Eggs, collected probably in 1868, were sent to the Smithsonian by 

 Strachan Jones from Lesser Slave Lake. J. Alden Loring reported 

 the species common at Edmonton September 7 to 26, 1894, and during 

 his trip from Edmonton to Jasper House in 1896 saw many in the 

 lakes along the first 75 miles of the tfail during the last week in May. 



Phalaropus fulicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. 



Under the name Phalaropus platyrynchos, Sabine states that this 

 species was found to be abundant during the summer on the North 

 Georgia Islands, probably referring particularly to Melville Island ;^ 

 Armstrong says it w^as frequently shot in June, 1852, at Mercy Bay, 

 Banks Land ; f Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway state that it was found 

 breeding by MacFarlane at Franklin Bay on July 4 and 5, and de- 

 scribe eggs taken by him.'^ A specimen (Xo. 43758), labeled as 



"Zool. Jonrn., Ill, p. 50, 1S27. (Concerning this locality, see note regarding 

 source of Leadbeater's specimens, p. 61.) 

 ^Auk, XXV, p. 70, 1908. 



cNat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 286, 1862. 

 ^ Water Birds X. A., I, p. 395, 1884. 

 ^ Snppl. to Ai)pendix Parry's First Voyage, p. cci, 1824. 

 f Narrative Discovery Nortliwest Passage, p. 525, 1857. 

 Water Birds X. A., I, pp, 329, 330, 1884. 



