146 The Ottawa Naturalist. [September 



Plectrophanax nivalis. Snowfiake. Common. 



ZONOTKICHIA INTERMEDIA. Intermediate Sparrow. Twu seen i6th Dec, '98. 



Spizella m. ochracea. VVeslern Tree Sparrow. A few stay all winter. 



JUNCO OREGOXUS SHUFEi.DTii. Rocky Mountain Junco. Abundant. 



Melospiza guttata. Rusty Song Sparrow. Toleralily common throughout the 

 winter. 



Ampelis GARRULU-S. Northern Waxwing. Abundant during winter of '97-9S and 

 less so the next winter. Breeds. 



Lanius borealis. Butcher-bird. Tolerably common. 



Ci.NXLUS mexicanus. Dipper. Common. Sings all winter. 



Troglodytes pactficus. Western winter wren. Tolerably common throughout 

 the winter. 



CiSTOTHORUS P. paludicola. Tule wren. A few stay all winter. 



Certhia a. montanus. Rocky Mountain Creeper. 



SiTTA aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 

 " CANADENSIS. Red-breasted Nuthatch 

 " PYCJiVKEA. pygmy Nuthatch. 

 All of the above common in neighborhood of Okanagan Lake, associated with 

 Chickadees, etc. 



Parus A. septentrionalis. Lung tailed Chickadee. 

 " GAMBELI. Mountain Chickadee. 

 " RUFESCENS. Chestnut backed Chickadee. 

 " HUDSONICUS COLUMBIANUS. Columbian Chickadee. 

 The two former are abundant nearly everywhere, but the only place where I saw 

 all four species associated, was the mountains to west of Arrow Lake, where by 

 imitating the call of the Pigmy Owl, I had all four species within ten feet of me 

 at once. Probably in no other part of America could four species of true Parus 

 be seen together. I also took Coliuiibianiis on the divide between Nicola and 

 Okanagan valleys, the most westerly point I have observed it. 



Regulus s. olivaceus. Western Kinglet. Common throughout the winter. 



Myadestes tovvnsendi. Townsend's Solitaire. Tolerably common. Sings 

 throughout the winter ; feeds on fruit during cold weather. 



SUB-EXCURSION. 

 The excursion to Chelsea, Sept. 9th, was one of the most 

 enjoyable ever made under the auspices of the Club. The 

 attendance was very large, at least one hundred Normal School 

 students besides members of the Club and their friends being 

 present. Addresses were delivered in the afternoon by Mr. S. 

 B. Sinclair and Prof. John Macoun who described the plants 

 found during the afternoon. Among the rare plants found were 

 Aster ptarniacoides and Rhyncospora capillacea, the latter an 

 addition to the local flora. 



