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NOKTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



Landing, May 11 to 15, and along the Athabaska between the Landing 

 and Grand Rapid. It was noted also at Grand Rapid, May 22, and 

 a short distance above Fort McMurray, May 28. A male, apparently 

 breeding, was taken at Smith Landing, June 11. The species was 

 next observed at Fort Resolution, where it was found to be abundant 

 on June 20, and was noted daily during the remainder of June. 

 During their trip to the Mackenzie my brother and Gary observed it 

 daily at Fort Providence, Juh^ 2 to 8, noting fledged young, the first 

 of the season, on the former date. They noted the species also near 

 the mouth of Nahanni River, July 12, and at Fort Simpson, July 24. 

 After the division of the party I noted the bird daily at Fort Reso- 

 lution up to the time I left there, J uly 17. I first saw fledged young 

 on July 11, and found a nest containing three fresh eggs, undoubtedly 

 a second clutch, on July 15. The nest was placed in a tuft of short 

 grass beside a much frequented path in the field in front of the post. 

 While crossing Great Slave Lake I observed the bird near Stone 

 Island, July 18, and nearly every day among the islands between 

 there and Fort Rae, where it was a common species. During my 

 trip northward from Fort Rae I noted it on Grandin River, August 

 5 and 6 ; Sarahk Lake, August 7 ; Lake Faber, August 8 ; Lake Rae, 

 August 9; Lake St. Croix, August 10 and 12; and Lake Hardisty, 

 August 18. The species was still fairly common when I reached 

 the southern shore of Great Bear Lake, and was noted in considerable 

 numbers to the eastward of Leith Point, August 28, and at our camp 

 near there on August 29 and 30 and on September 2, 3, and 5. Sev- 

 eral cold nights in succession after the last date, when ice formed for 

 the first time, seemed to help the birds to a decision respecting migra- 

 tion, and none were seen afterwards. 



In the spring of 1904 this species was first noted near Fort Provi- 

 dence by H. W. Jones on May 9, when he took a male. Another was 

 collected by J. W. Mills, May 11. At Fort Simpson I first observed 

 it May 20. and found it common during the remainder of the month. 

 During my voyage down the Mackenzie in June I frequently observed 

 it, finding it especially common in the vicinity of the posts. I found 

 a nest with four eggs at the lower Ramparts, June 30, and first saw 

 fledged young at Fort McPherson on July 6. On my return trip I 

 noted the bird at Fort Good Hope, July 19; at Birch Island, July 

 21; and at the Desmarais Islands, July 30. Specimens were col- 

 lected at AVillovr River near Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Fort 

 ^^orman. Fort Good Hope, and Fort McPherson. 



Under the name Fringilla leucophrys^ Richardson described a 

 specimen referable to this form from Fort Franklin, giving a figure 

 of the head ; « later he recorded a specimen, presumably of the present 



a Fauna Boreali- Americana, II, pp. 255, 256, 1831. 



