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NOKTH AMERICAN FAUNA, 



I NU. L'7. 



Eussell collected a specimen at Fort Chipewyan, June 5, 1893,« 

 Macoun says, on the authority of Spreadborough : 



This species arrived at Edmonton, Alta., on May 3rd, 1897, and soon com- 

 menced to nest in the tall trees; observed one at Lake Ste. Anne, 60 miles from 

 Edmonton, Alta., June 8, 1898 ; a few were observed from the mouth of Lesser 

 Slave River to Peace River Landing, Atha., in Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903. 



Quoting from the notes of J. M. Macoun, he says : 



Not rare at Athabasca Landing and up the Athabasca to Lesser Slave River; 

 a few birds at Fort McMurray, but none seen up the Clearwater River, Lat. 

 56° ; not rare but local between Methye Portage and Isle a la Crosse, Sask. 



He also records specimens from Edmonton and Peace River 

 Landing, Alberta.^ 



J. x\lden Loring took a male on the Blueberry Hills, on the Jasper 

 House trail about 100 miles west of Edmonton, May 29, 1896. 



Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm). American Crossbill. 



In 1903 I first detected this species at Fort Franklin, September 22, 

 noting a small flock, and saw a large flock at the same place on Sep- 

 tember 25. The species probably occurs throughout the wooded part 

 of the region. 



MacFarlane reported seeing several birds, supposed to be this 

 species, at Fort Anderson, on June 20, 1862, but failed to obtain 

 sjDecimens.^ Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway recorded a specimen from 

 Fort Rae.^ Macoun reports that in the summer of 1888, J. M. 

 Macoun saw a pair at Methye Portage, and found the species com- 

 mon on Methye River and not rare on the way thence to Isle a la 

 Crosse.^ 



Loxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 



The white-winged crossbill apparently occurs throughout the 

 region north to the limit of trees, but usually is not common. In 

 1901 a male in perfect plumage was taken by Alfred E. Preble at 

 our camp near the outlet of Athabaska Lake, June 2, and I saw a 

 small flock near Fort Rae, July 20. 



In 1903 the white-winged crossbill was first noted by my brother 

 and Cary on the mountains near the mouth of the Nahanni River, 

 when flocks containing about 25 individuals were observed, July 14, 

 15, and IT, and one containing about 100 individuals on July 18. 

 An adult male was taken July 17. On their return trip they saw 

 three individuals at Fort McMurray, August 10; four at Swift 



«Expl. in Far North, p. 266, 1898. 



» Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, pp. 423, 424, 1904. 



«Proc. IT. S. Nat. Miis., XIV, p. 440, 1891. 



^ Hist. N. A. Birds, Land Birds, I, p. 485, 1874. 



^ Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. 427, 1904. 



