52. American Egret. Herodias egretta. In the summer of 1888, David Armit, an officer of the Hudson's Bay Company stationed at Manitoba House, while out shooting at Duck Bay, Lake Winnipegosis, came across and collected a fine adult specimen of this bird in breeding plumage. He has most generously sent the prize to me; it is now No. 1,776 of my collection. This is, I believe, the northernmost record for the species.

53. Black-crowned Night-heron. Nycticorax nycticorax naerius. Summer resident of general distribution in the Alleghanian region. I found it quite numerous and breeding in colonies at Shoal Lake. In other parts of the region it is somewhat rare.

54. Whooping Crane. Grus americana. Formerly common and breeding; now nearly extinct.

55. Little Brown Crane. Grus canadensis. Summer resident of general distribution; much less common than formerly. Arrives in mid-April; departs in September.

56. Virginia Rail. Rallus virginianus. Rare, but regular, summer resident of the Alleghanian region. The specimen in my collection was taken near Morden by D. Nicholson. I saw another in the collection of Geo. E. Atkinson of Portage la Prairie, and heard of another at Brandon. I have seen several taken near Winnipeg.

57. Sora, Common Rail. Porzana carolina.

Abun

dant summer resident throughout Manitoba. Arrives May 1; departs in October.

58. Yellow Rail, Water Sparrow. Coturnicops noveboracensis. On the 13th of July, 1883, a specimen of this Rail was brought to me alive, by a farmer who caught it in a slough where he was cutting wild hay.

Being just then called away, I placed the bird in a coop, and on my return it was gone. But the record is, I believe, safe, as Preble found the species numerous at York factory, and there are other records to completely surround the Province. 59. American Coot. Fulica americana. Abundant summer resident. Arrives in mid-April; departs late in October.

60. Northern Phalarope. Lobipes lobatus. Rare straggler in migration; noted about Winnipeg only. 61. Wilson Phalarope. Steganopus tricolor. Common summer resident, breeding on most of the large ponds and marshes in the Alleghanian region.

62. American Avocet. Recurvirostra americana. While abundant in the adjoining Province of Saskatchewan, the species is a rare straggler in Manitoba.

R. H. Hunter writes: "I have killed the bird along the Souris, south-west of Plum Creek." In the Museum of the Geological Survey at Ottawa is a specimen of the Avocet, marked "from Manitoba." Shaw Cottingham killed neariy a dozen at a place 9 miles south of Brandon in 1899, and C. C. Helliwell got three or four out of a flock at Oak Lake, ten years before.

63. American Woodcock. Philohela minor. Very rare summer resident. At Winnipeg W. R. Hine reports that he got four during four years. At Portage la Prairie, one or two pairs seen each year by C. W. Nash. At Stuartburn, on Roseau River, George H. Measham shot one in 1891.

64. Wilson Snipe. Gallinago delitcata. Abundant summer resident on all extensive bogs. Arrives April 20; departs September 30.

65. Dowitcher. Macrorhamphus scolopaceus. Abundant migrant in the western part of Manitoba.

66. Stilt Sandpiper. Micropalama_himantopus.

On August 29, at Carberry, I made the first positive capture of this species in the Province. It was in a mixed flock of Sandpipers of several species. 67. Knot, Robin Snipe Tringa canutus. Occasional migrant; noted along Red River and west of Brandon.

68. Pectoral Sandpiper. Pisobia maculata. A common migrant; noted along Red River.

69. White-rumped Sandpiper. Pisobia fuscicollis. Migrant; sometimes common, chiefly in western Manitoba.

70. Baird Sandpiper. Pisobia bairdi. Common migrant, chiefly in Angust.

71. Least Sandpiper. Pisobia minutilla. A common migrant in all the western part of the Province, especially during August.

72. Red-backed Sandpiper, Blackheart. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Reported a common migrant along Red River (Hine) and at Portage la Prairie in fall (Nash). I have not seen a Manitoba specimen. 73. Semipalmated Sandpiper. Ereunetes pusillus. Generally distributed as a migrant; especially abundant in the country west of Red River.

74. Sanderling. Calidris lucophaea. Common migrant; recorded from Lake Winnipeg, Lake Manitoba, Portage la Prairie and Oak Lake.

75. Marbled Godwit. Limosa fedoa. Summer resident, frequenting the wet prairies near Winnipeg and on the plains of the Souris, etc. Formerly common, now becoming rare.

76. Hudsonian Godwit. Limosa haemastica.

A rare

migrant, chiefly along Red River and westward. 77. Greater Yellow-legs. Totanus melanoleucus. Abun

dant migrant. Spring migration, late in April; fall, early in August.

78. Yellow-legs. Totanus flavipes. Abundant migrant in mid-May and in August.

79. Solitary Sandpiper. Helodromas solitarius. Common migrant, especially in fall; probably also it breeds.

80. Western Willet. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Common summer resident on all the wet prairies of south-western Manitoba.

81. Bartramian Sandpiper, Prairie Plover. Bartramia ' longicauda. In early days this was an extremely abundant summer resident on all the prairies of the Province. It has now become very scarce. Arrives May 7; departs August 30.

82. Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia. Common summer resident. Arrives May 1, departing late in September.

83. Long-billed Curlew. Numenius americanus. Summer resident on the wet prairies of the Red River and on the Souris. Formerly common about Lake Manitoba, now rare.

84. Black-bellied Plover. Squatarola squatarola. Rare spring migrant; no autumn records.

85. American Golden Plover. Charadrius dominicus. Common spring and fall migrant. Affects burnt prairies and ploughed land. Spring migration, middle of May; fall, in August and September.

86. Killdeer. Oxyechus vociferus. Common summer resident throughout the Province. Arrives late in April; departs last of August.

87. Semipalmated Plover, Ring-plover. Aegialitis semipalmata. Rare migrant.

88. Belted Piping Plover. Aegialitis meloda. Some

what common, migrant throughout the Province, and, according to Macoun, found actually breeding on Lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg.

89. Turnstone. Arenaria interpres morinella. A rare migrant. Goes north about May 15; returns about August 15.

90. Spruce Grouse. Canachites canadensis. Common permanent resident of all the Canadian or northeastern half of the Province.

91. Canadian Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus togata. Common permanent resident of the Canadian portion of Manitoba.

91a. Gray Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus umbelloides. Abundant resident of the Alleghanian or south-western half of the country whereon there is woods.

92. Willow Ptarmigan. Lagopus lagopus. A common resident of the extreme northern parts of Manitoba, moving southward in winter as far as Shell River, Lake Manitoba and Shoal Lake.

93. Prairie-hen. Tympaunchns americauns. In 1871 Dr. Coues wrote: "I have no reason to believe that it occurs at all in North-western Minnesota or Northern Dakota." In 1882, when first I visited Manitoba, the species was nearly unknown in the country, the only known specimen having been taken near Winnipeg in 1881. In 1883 W. R. Hine, informs me, it began to be common at Pembina. In 1884 it was not only common at Winnipeg, but had also for the first time made its appearance at Portage la Prairie, on the Assiniboine. In 1886 I first saw it at Carberry. Since then it has spread with cultivation, and is now abundant in all the settled parts.