CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 729 



on the mountains; common throughout the winter at Lake Okan- 

 agan, B.C.; a few of these dehcate Httle birds remain in Cariboo 

 district, B.C., throughout the coldest weather. (Brooks.) I find no 

 colour difference between the east and west of the Coast range. 

 (Rhoads.) Common on the Queen Charlotte islands, B.C. ; an adult 

 male was taken at Cumshewa inlet, June 20th, 1899. Moderately 

 common at Cook inlet, Alaska. (Osgood.) Tolerably common at 

 Glacier above Skagway, Alaska; often heard but seldom seen and 

 hard to procure ; a female that I took on June loth had the last egg 

 ready for the shell. (Bishop.) A male and female were taken at 

 Homer, Kenai peninsula, Alaska, September 26th, 1901, and a male 

 at Sheep creek, on August i8th. (Figgins.) The Alaska records 

 of this species are limited to the southeastern coast where it has 

 been obtained at Sitka and Kadiak. (Nelson.) Common every- 

 where, particularly in the dense fir thickets along stream.s at Sitka, 

 Alaska. On June 22nd, I observed the first young. (GrinneU.) 



749. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Regulus calendula calendula (Linn.) Light. 1823. 



One sent from Nenortalik, Greenland, in 1859. (Arct. Man.) 

 Common in the southern portions of Labrador; Coues obtained a 

 specimen in August at Rigolet ; and Stearns shot a single specimen 

 at Old Fort island, October nth, 1881. (Packard.) Common at 

 Moose Factory, June 9th, 1896; observed at Fort George, June 20th; 

 common at Richmond gulf, July ist. None seen inland. (Spread- 

 borough.) Common at Baddeck, Cape Breton island. (F. H. Allen.) 

 Uncommon at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Uncommon in Nova Scotia. 

 (H. F. Tufts.) A small flock was seen on Sable island, N.S., on 

 October 3rd, 1902; one seen May 4th, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) In pine 

 woods, Brackley point. Prince Edward island, July, 1888. (Macoun.) 

 An uncommon summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) 

 A rare summer migrant at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. 

 H. Moore.) Common at Lake Mistassini, 1885, where it breeds. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at York Factory, Hudson bay. (Dr. R. 

 Bell.) Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Wright.) One 

 female seen at Fox bay, Anticosti. (Brewster.) More common than 

 the preceding in eastern Quebec. Taken at Beauport. (Dionne.) 

 A common but transient visitant in spring and autumn at Montreal. 

 (WinUe.) 



