CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS 4O3 



Nest pass, and south of Calgary, Alta,; occasionally seen in winter 

 at Banff, Rocky mountains; seen in numbers at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 in March, and ten miles south of Kamloops in June, 1889, but not 

 seen in April or May; a few specimens were seen on the mountains 

 at Spence Bridge, B.C., and at Agassiz in 1 889 ; observed at McGuire's 

 ranch, August 20th, near Chilliwack, B.C., and common at Hunt- 

 ingdon and Chilliwack, in the fall of 1901 ; observed a pair at Elko, 

 B.C., May, 1904; in 1905 a few were breeding near Midway, B.C., 

 and at Lake Osoyoos young were able to fly by June ist. ; common 

 along the Similkameen river and at Penticton, B.C. {Spreadbo- 

 rough.) On west side of mountains north of Lewes and Pelly 

 rivers. Not seen in the Mackenzie river valley. (Ross.) Found 

 common everywhere; breeds about Ashcroft, B.C. (Streator.) 

 An abundant resident; breeds east of Coast range; west only 

 during winter; a rare straggler on Vancouver island, (Fannin.) 

 Common in lower valley of the Fraser ; arrives in August and leaves 

 in April. A tolerably common winter resident in Cariboo, B.C.; 

 an abundant winter resident at Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) 

 Well scattered over the interior but nowhere so common as 

 in the Okanagan valley near Vernon, B.C. (Rhoads.) At 

 Kaluk, on Kadiak island six specimens were taken between 

 October and December, 1897. They were very common and 

 fed on dead fish. (Grinnell.) This bird was in all localities visited 

 in Alaska and it is resident wherever found. (Figgins.) Seen at 

 many places on the base of the Alaska peninsula. (Osgood; Ander- 

 son.) The miners at Sunrise City, Cook inlet, Alaska, told 

 us that magpies had been seen in the vicinity frequently, 

 but we did not observe them there or at any other point 

 on the inlet. Specimens were taken in Graham harbour by 

 Townsend in 1892. (Osgood & Heller.) This species is an 

 abundant resident along that portion of the coast-line extending 

 from the Shumigan islands east and south. It is abundant on 

 Kadiak island and in the vicinity of Sitka. North of the Alaskan 

 mountains it is comparatively rare and has been taken at Fort 

 Reliance on the upper Yukon almost on the Arctic circle. (Nelson.) 

 Several traders from the upper Yukon district reported this species 

 to be not rare in the neighbourhood of Fort Yukon and rather more 

 common farther up the river. (Turner.) 



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