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Mr. E. Adams on the Birds of Michalaski, 
a bird lias been seen^ and a stuffed bird placed near it, in a 
fighting attitude. A woman then secretes herself, and im¬ 
itates the call, which is almost immediately answered; pre¬ 
sently the bird makes its appearance, and alights by the side 
of his fancied opponent, drops his wings, spreads his tail, 
and struts round and round, until by one unlucky step he 
finds himself in the midst of the net. In this way native women 
take numbers whilst hunting about the marshes for eggs. 
-f Brown Crane. Grus^canadensis, 
Tuds-le-uk, Eski. 
[Grus canadensis, Dali & Bann. p. 289.] 
Several Cranes arrived with the earliest of the Geese in 
the beginning of May,* and by the middle of the month the 
whole of the marshes were alive with them, and their noisy 
croakings were to be heard in every direction, especially about 
the extensive marshes on each side of the river. They had 
eggs before the end of the month. Their nests were placed 
about the dry knolls in the marshes. Their eggs have a 
brownish white ground, and are spotted with shades of brown 
and reddish grey. The spots are large, and principally about 
the large end, where they form an indistinct ring. 
_/ Golden Plover. Chara drius plu vialis ? 
Too-ze-ek, Eski. 
[Charadrius virginicus, Borkh.; Dali & Bann. p. 289.] 
This bird appears to be distinct from the European species. 
It is smaller, has more naked thigh, and the axillary plume 
is ash-coloured, agreeing well with Mr. YarrelFs remarks. 
A few pairs arrived about the end of May. They appear to 
be very particular about the places they frequent. I found 
them only in two small detached pieces of marsh, about the 
wettest part of which they were feeding. They seemed to be 
breeding upon some dry spots near by; but I could not dis¬ 
cover a nest. 
_j_ Turnstone. Sir eps Uas inter pres, 
Cho-o-mukj Eski. 
[Probably S. melanocephala, which, according to Dali and 
Bannister (p. 290), is common in St. MichaeTs.] 
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