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Columbia, but not in the Rockies. (Rhoads.) Rather common in 

 spring at Golden, on the Columbia river; also in the Selkirk moun- 

 tains, B.C. (E. F. G. White.) 



739. Alaskan Chickadee. 



Penihestes cincius alascensis (Prazak.) Ridgway. 1904. 



On June ist, 1864, a nest of this species containing seven eggs 

 was found near Fort Anderson in a hole in a spruce stump at a 

 height of six feet from the ground. This was the first discovery of 

 the nest of this bird on the American continent. It was composed 

 of a moderate quantity of hare or rabbit fur, intermixed with a 

 sprinkling of dried moss. {Macfarlane.) The habitat of this bird 

 includes, as far as known, the spruce forests in northeastern Siberia, 

 extending across a very similar region in the northern half of Alaska 

 and reaching the Anderson river on the east. {Nelson.) Several 

 specimens of Parus were obtained from various localities in the 

 Yukon district. They were referred to the species cinctus. Later 

 examinations show that these are identical with P. obtectiis, Cab. 

 (Turner.) 



740. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Penihestes hudsonicus hudsonicus (Forst.) Ridgway. 1904. 



From the shores of Hudson bay, northwestward to Alaska (north 

 and west of Cook inlet), as far as the valley of the Kowak river. 

 (Ridgway.) Abundant everywhere in the wooded tracts. Young 

 were obtained, July 19th, 1882, at Davis inlet, and early in August at 

 Fort Chimo. (Packard.) Observed a number about fifteen miles 

 inland from Richmond gulf, July 6th, 1 896 ; next observed at George 

 river, September i8th, where they were common. (Spreadborough.) 

 A moderately common winter migrant at Ottawa; early fall records 

 are October 31st, 1883, and October 20th, 1889. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) Mr. Kay saw a pair at Port Sydney, Muskoka, in Novem- 

 ber, 1892; one record from Richmond hill, thirteen miles north of 

 Toronto, Ont. (J. H. Fleming.) I watched for a considerable time 

 at close range a specimen of this bird near London, Ont., January 

 27th, 1907. It was feeding with a mixed lot of chickadees and red- 

 polls. (W. E. Saunders.) We first met this species on the Echima- 

 mish river, June 24th. We noted it again at Robinson portage, 

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