CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



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this species was shot on the summit of Toad mountain, near Nelson 

 B.C., at an altitude of 6,700 feet in July, 1890, and one in Eagle 

 pass, near Revelstoke, B.C.; two specimens were taken on Moose 

 mountain, near the source of Elbow river, and two others observed 

 at the source of Fish creek, Rocky mountains in July, 1897. {Spread- 

 borough.) Four specimens of Parus from the central Rocky moun- 

 tains near Field, B.C., taken in a deep forest at an elevation of 5,000 

 feet differ so materially from Parus hudsonicus that it seems proper 

 to separate them. (Rhoads.) P.athcr common at Lake Okanagan, 

 B.C., in winter. I also took this species on the divide between 

 Nicola and Okanagan valleys, the most westerly point I have 

 observed it. Abundant in the heavy spruce timber and on high 

 elevations, in winter, in Cariboo district, B.C. (Brooks.) Rocky 

 mountains, from Liard river south into Montana. (Rhoads in The 

 Auk, Vol X., p. 331.) An adult male was taken at Homer in June, 

 and two specimens on September 12th, 1901, in ist winter plumage. 

 Not common but seen at all places visited on the Kenai timber belt 

 in Alaska. It was usually found in the dead spruce groves of the 

 more open country. (Figgins.) Three adults and three juvenals taken 

 at Seldovia, Alaska, July 3rd to 28th; two in winter plumage, 

 August 19th and October 7th, at Sheep creek and Moose camp. 

 (Anderson.) 



741. Chestnut-backed Chickadee. 



Penthestes rufescens rufescens (Towns.) Ridgw. 1904. 



Very common in the woods at Hastings, Burrard inlet, B.C., in 

 April, 1899; none were seen at Agassiz, about 50 miles up the 

 Eraser river in May; an abundant resident on Vancouver island, 

 nesting, April i6th, 1893; on May 5th found a nest in a hole in a 

 dead tree; nest made of moss, lined with feathers; saw several in 

 the bushes on the beach at Douglas, B.C., April 17th, 1906, and 

 several along the Chilliwack river; common at Clayoquot, Van- 

 couver island, September and October, 1907. (Spreadborough.) 

 From about lat. 60°, on the southeastern coast of Alaska, south 

 into California this titmouse is abundant and breeds throughout 

 the greater part of its range. (Nelson.) British Columbia. (Lord.) 

 Common in the coast region; breeds. (Streator.) A common resi- 

 dent west of the Coast range; breeds close to Victoria. (Fannin.) 

 Tolerably common resident at Chilliwack; not uncommon around 



