(29). Chen hyperboreus. Snow Goose.—Fleming informs me that he has examined the head of one of Horsbrough specimens, probably one of those he cites, and declares it to be the Lesser, C. h. hyperboreus.
(35). Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron.—Anderson on an island in Miquelon Lake, September, 1918 found nests of this species together with those of Cormorants on the ground. The specific identity was supplied by Mr. Farley and other good report.
(36). Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane.—Farley reports finding a crane nest on Spotted Lake near Buffalo Lake in May 1895. Dr. George of Red Deer also informs me that he took crane eggs on a small pond near Innisfail May 24, 1896. Undoubtedly these were G. mexicana.
188. Grus americana. Whooping Crane.—Dr. George of Red Deer informs me that he has not seen Whooping Cranes near Red Deer for some years, inferring their former presence but stating that he never found them breeding.
189. Coturnicops noveboracensis. Yellow Rail.—Mr. Farley says,—“I know of a swamp at Red Deer where a pair nested several years. Their note is just like two stones knocked together quickly. There is also a pair in a swamp just off our farm (Camrose) where I can depend upon hearing them every June.”
(42). Macrorhamphus griseus. Dowitcher.—In the previously published part of the list, antea, p. 12, under this species heading I made an unfortunate slip of the pen when I said that Horsbrough ascribes this “probably incorrectly to the western race, M. g. scolopaceus.” It should have read “the eastern race, M. g. griseus”, which makes my implied criticism more intelligible. Fleming sends me measurements of a Buffalo Lake bird, August 1915, which he refers to griseus though he says the color characters tend towards scolopaceus. I infer from his remarks that this is an adult and not a juvenile bird.
190.★ Pisobia bairdi. Baird’s Sandpiper.—We have a specimen taken by Anderson, Many Island Lake, September 18, 1918.
191. Pelidna alpina. Red-backed Sandpiper.—Mr. Farley reports “Black-heart Plover” May 11, 1899 at Red Deer. This is an old South Ontario name for this species.
(47). Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover.—Farley notes that this species is rapidly disappearing from this section, a condition he called attention to in the Ottawa Naturalist XXVII, 1913, p. 63. He now lays the blame upon the boys who find it a too easy object of sport through the summer.
(50). Numenius longicauda. Long-billed Curlew.—Farley substantiates the hypothetical identity of this species reported by Horsbrough and Sternberg, recording it from both Red Deer and Camrose.