SASKATCHEWAN BIRDS. 
RUSSELL T. CONGDQN. 
EXPLANATORY. 
The observations recorded in this paper were made during 
part of the spring and summer of 1902, in the Saskatchewan 
River region, X. W. T., Canada. 
Starting from Prince Albert, H. W. T., as a center, the greater 
part of the work was done in the territory lying from thirty to 
seventy-five miles southeast of Prince Albert. In general, this 
is prairie country with an abundance of small timber, mostly 
stunted poplar, growing in small tracts, or groves called by the 
inhabitants, “bluffs.” Scattered over almost the whole of this 
territory are innumerable sloughs,—shallow rush- or grass- 
grown ponds or pools,—and small marshy lakes. On the lower 
tracts, where the sloughs are most numerous, bush willows grow 
profusely, bordering almost every slough, and gathering in 
clumps in the marshy spots. Located in this strip of country 
are several fair-sized lakes: Water-hen Lake, frequently re¬ 
ferred to later on, is very shallow, probably not more than eight 
or nine feet deep in any place. It consists of two arms of about 
equal length which, together, measure nearly twelve miles. It 
is probably not more than three' miles across at the widest point. 
Almost the whole lake is grown up with reeds, and, during a 
dry year, it is practically a large marsh. A picture of this lake 
is shown in Plate XLI. It is drained by the Carrot River which 
enters at the head of one arm and leaves near the elbow. In the 
southeastern part of the district are situated Basin Lake, 
Middle Lake, and Lake Lenore. Here the country is more 
broken and. hilly and the lakes are deep. There is more and 
larger timber, too, the lakes being surrounded by it. Basin 
Lake is six miles across, almost round, and the land rises con- 
