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fresh. The other was in a larger poplar about 25 feet from the 

 ground ; nest same as the first ; eggs nearly fresh ; next day found two 

 more nests, one in a willow about seven feet from the ground. The 

 other was in a balsam poplar about two feet from the ground. Nest 

 very compact, composed chiefly of willow down lined with a little 

 dried grass. I have found nests all the way from four to thirty feet 

 from the ground. (Spreadborough.) 



468. Hammond Flycatcher. 



Empidonax hammondi (Xantus) Baird. 1S58. 



Reference is made to some eggs of this flycatcher, obtained from 

 "Anderson River," in Vol. II. of the Proc. of the U.S. Nat. Mus, 

 by the late Dr. Brewer, of Boston, which, I conclude, were sent to 

 the Smithsonian by me. (Macfarlane.) Rather common; speci- 

 mens from Ashcroft, Ducks, Mount Lehman, and New Westminster, 

 B.C. (Streator.) Chiefly on the mainland, east and west of Coast 

 range; common at New Westminster, B.C. (Fannin.) This species 

 which appears to be the western representative of minimus was only 

 found in the Rocky mountains where a single specimen was secured 

 in August, 1874. (Coues.) Taken on Lee creek, near Cardston, 

 southern Alberta, and at Waterton lake, where Dr. Coues obtained 

 his specimen ; common at Trail," B.C., near the International Boundary 

 in the summer of 1902; June ist found a nest in a hemlock tree, 

 out on a slender branch about 16 feet from the ground; June 12th, 

 found another nest in a small cedar tree about eight feet from the 

 ground; common west of Midway, B.C., May 25th, 1905; not uncom- 

 mon on ChilHwack river, B.C., in June, 1901 ; saw one specimen, 

 which I took to be this species, on Mount Benson, near Nanaimo, 

 Vancouver island, July loth, 1893. (Spreadborough.) Of uniform 

 distribution on mainland and islands^ B.C., breeding wherever 

 found. (Rlwads.) I have the nest with three eggs and the parent 

 bird that were collected for me by Mr. Wenman at the base of 

 Moberly peak, Rocky mountains. The nest was built six feet 

 from the ground on a branch of a tree, and the eggs are creamy 

 white; they were collected May 31st, 1902. (W. Raine.) We saw 

 several of this species at Skagway and collected three. I took one 

 at Glacier, June 8th, and another on a hill above Caribou Crossing, 

 B.C.; after this, we did not meet with this bird until about 



