CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 375 



week on June ist. Common up the Clearwater river, about lat. 

 56° 30', and not rare on Methye portage; common between Methye 

 lake and Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — Nest found 21st June at Lac des Isles, built 

 on the end of a fallen tree overhanging the water, composed of mud, 

 grass and moss, lined with fine grass and feathers; eggs, five, white. 

 (G. R. White.) 



457. Say Phoebe, 



Sayoniis saya (Bonap.) Baird. 1858. 



One specimen was observed at Indian Head, Sask., on May 20th, 



1892, which was the only one seen; not uncommon at Medicine Hat 

 and Crane lake, Sask., June, 1894; at Crane lake a pair built a nest 

 on the veranda of the farm house just as the phoebe does in the 

 ■east, and another pair built their nest on a pole passing through the 

 horse corall; in June, 1895, a pair was observed in the "Bad Lands" 

 south of Wood mountain ; and westward in the Milk River valley 

 they were quite numerous, breeding on the ledges in the cliffs; a 

 pair was seen at Banff, Rocky mountains, Alta., in 189 1; a few 

 individuals seen at Edmonton^ Alta., in May, 1897; not rare in the 

 foot-hills from Calgary to Crow Nest pass; not uncommon at Sica- 

 mous, Kamloops, and Spence bridge, B.C., 1889; only two specimens 

 seen on Stubbs island, Barclay sound, Vancouver island, August 25th, 



1893. (Spreadborough.) One individual appeared at Carlton House 

 on the 13th May, when it settled on a low garden fence, flitting from 

 place to place when disturbed ; it was soon obtained and a female 

 was shot afterwards. (Richardson.) North to Fort Simpson, on 

 the Mackenzie river; rare. (Ross.) Several specimens of this bird 

 were brought to me from Fort Reliance, on the Upper Yukon, in 

 lat. 66°. (Nelson.) This species was noted at Glacier in the White 

 pass, on the mountain side at Bennett, at Fort Selkirk, at Stewart 

 river, at Charlie river, Yukon district, and at Circle City, in Alaska, 

 in 1899. (Bishop.) British Columbia. (Lord.) Common in the 

 interior; abundant during the migrations. (Streator.) East and 

 west of coast range ; but chiefly on the mainland ; summer resident. 

 {Fannin.) Rare migrant at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) Not common; 

 same distribution as Tyvannus verticalis. (Rhoads.) 



