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Best Sellkrk to Lake Humpy
are sparsely wooded with Ulmus
Aspen, willow etc there being
apparently very little timber
away from the river.
We noted the following birds. Knigford.
Buffle head duck, Actitis regalis,
Cryp20587; Corvus am, laglais
Screerophaga cyanoccephala.
Sturnella leapectes Falco Sparorum
Prugne rubis Calirica laterns.
Zimilodina ludorsonium. Hydornella
Sauvarens. Cireo Ludosonius.
Zenaidiva macrona Nighthawk.
June 15. Best Sellkrk to Lake Minipke
The steamer left Best Sellkrk struck
11.30 am and reached the mouth of the
river (22 miles) about 1.10 o'clock.
The banks gradually become lower and
carry less trees until several miles
above the mouth there is scarcely
any bank to the river but extensive
marshes stretch out on either side.
On nearing the "Narrows" about 9 o'clock
we approached near enough to the water
shore to see that it was rather
Lake Minipkee
-Forested with Birch and
Corygus which I was told composed
Fair Spruce & Tamarak.
The same forest is said to
extend southwards very nearly
To the mouth of the Red River
but at the time I entering the
lake we were too far from the
shore proper to distinguish its
character.
Great numbers of Black Terns
inhabit the marshes at the mouth
of the Red R. and we also noted
a few of the following species
Corvus americanus, Loxas Franklini.
Tachyrrhena brevior, Large Gull-brought
Araea herardica, Botanous hentigainius.
Julica americana.
June 16. Lake Minipkee Bull Head
near to outlet of Lake
We stopped at Bull Head very early
in the morning to take in wood
and left about 6 am. Heard
Red-eyed Proos and Blackbacked
Thrushes. Land moderately high
and well wooded with Pine (sp?)