Diary, 1900, of trip with his brother, Alfred Emerson Preble, to Hudson Bay region
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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?)