CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 697 



February, 1891, by Mr. Montague Smith, of that place, and is now 

 in the possession of Mr. S. H. Smith, of Strathroy, Ont. One speci- 

 men taken in a ravine near St. Thomas, Ont., by Mr. O. J. Stevenson, 

 September, 1905, where it had Hved for some time in the previous 

 winter at least. I went to see this bird on April 25th, 1905. (W. E. 

 Saunders.) Four specimens were taken on September 5th and 6th 

 in a thicket on the east shore of Pelee point, Essex co., Ont., all 

 young birds. The presence of these fledglings constitutes the first 

 breeding record for Canada. (A^. B. Klugh, in The Auk, Vol. XXIII, 

 p. 105.) 



CCLXIX. THRYOMANES Sclater. 1862. 



719. Bewick Wren. 



Thryomanes bewickii hewickii (AuD.) Ober. 1898. 



Only one specimen recorded, taken by myself on December 13th, 

 1898, in a swampy area full of brush and fallen trees, with a few 

 shrubs, near Appin, Ont. There was scarcely a foot of light snow 

 on the ground, and the day was clear but not very cold. The bird 

 was feeding and working along through upturned roots and piles of 

 brush. {[V. E. Saunders.) 



719^. Seattle Wren. 



Thryojnanes bewickii calophonus Oberholser. 189S. 



Rather rare at Agassiz, B.C., in May, 1889; seen at Chilliwack and 

 Huntingdon, B.C., in the summer of 1901 ; a summer resident on 

 Vancouver island; found breeding on April 22nd, 1893; I believe a 

 few stay all winter, as I have observed them in midwinter near 

 Victoria. (Spreadborough.) Migrant on Vancouver island and at 

 Sumas. (Lord.) More common on the coast than in the interior. 

 (Streator.) A summer resident, chiefly west of the Coast range; 

 breeds in Beacon hill park, Victoria, Vancouver island. {Fannin.) 

 Abundant resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Abundant in southern 

 British Columbia, west of the Coast range. {Rhoads.) Pacific 

 slope, from Oregon north to southern Vancouver island, the valley 

 of Fraser river and slightly further along the mainland coast. 

 {Oberholser.) 



