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common; common at Old Wives creek, Sask., May, 1895; it was 

 evidently breeding at 12-Mile lake, near Wood mountain, Sask., 

 June 6tli, 1895; a few individuals were seen at Waterton lake in 

 July, 1895; common in thick woods from the head of Lesser Slave 

 lake to Peace River Landing, in lat. 56° 15', in June, 1903; first seen 

 at Edmonton, Alta., May 29th, 1897, common by June ist, soon 

 commenced nesting along the river and smaller streams ; common in 

 willow thickets from Edmonton to Athabaska pass in June, 1898; 

 one observed at Crow Nest lake. Rocky mountains, July 28th, 1897, 

 and breeding at Banff, Rocky mountains, in July, 1891 ; a few seen at 

 Revelstoke, B.C., in May, 1890; in June they were found nesting 

 in low thickets on small poplar trees at Deer Park and Pass creek, 

 near Robson on the Columbia river; one observed at Rossland, B.C., 

 in 1902; one seen at Osoyoos lake, June, 1905. (Spreadborough.) 

 One pair seen at Lac La Biche river, 30 miles below Athabaska 

 Landing, Alta. In June and July, 1889, it was abvmdant at Kam- 

 loops and along the North Thompson river, B.C.; rather rare at 

 Enderby near Sicamous, B.C. (/. M. Macoun.) 



This beautiful bird is found in summer as far north as lat. 58°. 

 It frequents moist shady places in the Northwest Territories, flitting 

 about among the moss-grown stems of the tall willows that skirt 

 every marsh in these quarters. {Richardson.) North to Fort 

 Good Hope on the Mackenzie river; common. (Ross.) British 

 Columbia. {Lord.) Common summer resident in the interior; 

 breeds. {Streator.) Found throughout the province, but nowhere 

 common. {Fannin.) Well represented all over the interior of 

 British Columbia. {Rhoads.) Regularly east of, and accidentally 

 west of, the Coast range in British Columbia. Breeding through- 

 out the Cariboo district of British Columbia. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — In June and July nests with eggs are found 

 around Ottawa and Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it, in 

 bushes and trees from four to twenty feet high; they are made 

 of flexible bark, ornamented on the outside with the white bark 

 of the birch, and are often lined with a few feathers or hairs. Nests 

 2 . 50 X 2 . 50 and 2 X i . 50. ' {Garneau.) Builds an elegant nest in 

 upright crotch from 5 to 25 feet from the ground; nest is composed 

 of plant down and vegetable fibre and bark strips, lined with fine 

 grass, rootlets and a little hair ; eggs 4, white, thickly sprinkled over 



