608 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
456. Phoebe. 
Sayornis phoebe ( Lath.). 
The Phoebe was occasionally seen. On May 21, a nest was 
found in a. shed on the bank of the South branch of the Saskat¬ 
chewan at St. Louis crossing. The nest was built on a cross¬ 
beam and composed of mud and grass, lined with grass and hair. 
The three eggs which the nest contained were fresh. 
474a. Paeeid Horhed Lark. 
Octocoris alpestris leucolaema (Cones). 
This bird was very common in the prairie portion of the 
region. It is an early neater, the set of eggs often being com¬ 
pleted before the snow has melted and left the ground entirely 
bare. A nest found on May 16, contained four good sized 
young. It was openly situated on a grassy slope. The top of 
the nest was just a little above the surface of the surrounding 
earth. The cup^-shaped hollow was thinly lined with grass 
stems. A nest found May 27 was sunk into the ground at the 
base of a bunch of grass, on a gradual slope close to the shore of 
a small lake. The depression was substantially lined with grass. 
There were also a few bits of downy vegetable material in the 
lining. The measurements of the nest are as follows: diameter, 
outside, three and one-half inches; inside, two and three-eighths 
inches; depth, outside, two and one-half inches, inside, one and 
three-fourths inches. The nest contained three eggs so far ad¬ 
vanced in incubation- that it was impossible to preserve them. 
In appearance they differed little, if any, from the better known 
variety,—the Prairie Horned Lark. 
484. Gahada Jay. 
Perisoreus canadensis (Linn.). 
The Whiskey Jack, as the bird is called, is reported as com¬ 
mon in the spruce timber north of Prince Albert. They oc¬ 
casionally hang about the lumber camps and feast on the leav¬ 
ings from the table. This bird was not observed south of Prince 
Albert. 
