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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



fNO. 27. 



1901 we collected a female at Point la Brie, near Fort Chipewyan, on 

 May 29, and saw another individual near the outlet of Athabaska 

 Lake on June 2. 



In 1903 we first noted this species at Fort Chipewyan June 1, and 

 saw a pair and took a specimen near the outlet of the lake June 5. 

 We next saw it on Slave Kiver, between Fort Smith and Fort Eesolu- 

 tion, noting it daily June 16 to 19, and we observed a single bird at 

 Fort Eesolution June 22. On their return trip Alfred E. Preble 

 and Merritt Gary observed the species at Fort McMurray August 11 

 and 12, and at Boiler Eapid August 17. 



In 1904 I saw one in the mountains near the mouth of Nahanni 

 River on June 4, and another, the last one observed that season, near 

 Fort Wrigley June 7. 



This bird was first recorded from the Mackenzie River region by 

 Ross, who considered it rare north to Fort Simpson, where it had 

 been collected.*^ A male (No. 19441) taken at Fort Resolution June 

 20, 1860, by Kennicott, has been several times recorded, and is still 

 in the National Museum collection. Macoun records that one was 

 taken on the Athabaska, near Grand Rapid, in June, 1888, by J. M. 

 Macoun.^ In 1896 J. Alden Loring reported the species common 

 along the trail between Edmonton and Jasper House in the early 

 summer and frequently noted it in the valleys 15 miles south of 

 Henry House Jul}^ 3 to 21. 



Myiochanes richardsoni (Swains.). Western Wood Pewee. 



This species, originally described from the Saskatchewan, was ob- 

 served at various points along our route north to the vicinity of Fort 

 Simpson, though we failed to secure specimens. 



In the spring of 1903 we first observed this bird iji a large tract of 

 pine forest a few miles south of Sandy Greek, Alberta, where we saw 

 four individuals on May 14. We noted another among the tall spruce 

 woods on the lower Slave River on June 19. My brother and Gary 

 noted one at Fort Providence July 6, and another on Liard River, 5 

 miles above its mouth, on J uly 25. AYliile at Fort McMurray, August 

 8 to 10, on their return trip, they saw six individuals, but were unable 

 to secure specimens. The birds evidently departed for the south on 

 the night of August 10, as no more were seen or heard during the fol- 

 lowing two days that they remained there. 



J. Alden Loring reported the species common along the trail be- 

 tween Edmonton and the mountains in the early summer of 1896, and 

 found a nest near ^¥hitemud Lake, 135 miles west of Edmonton, on 

 June 7. He took a specimen at Banff^ Alberta, late in August, 1894. 



a Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 278, 1862. 

 ^ Cat. Canadian Birds, Part II, p. 347, 1903. 



