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itoba. I am of the opinion that it breeds occasionally in that pro- 

 vince, as I have collected specimens in early August. (Atkinson.) 

 At the beginning of the winter of 1900 I noted this bird for the first 

 time at Prince Albert, Sask., though it had been seen there before. 

 I saw it all through the winter in flocks of 8 to 20. (Coubeaux.) This 

 gay and very remarkable bird is a common inhabitant of the maple 

 groves (Negundo aceroides) on the Saskatchewan plains. As it 

 arrives late we left Carlton House before they arrived, but ]\Ir. 

 Prudens kindly sent specimens to us. It frequents the borders of 

 Lake Superior also, and the eastern declivity of the Rocky moun- 

 tains, in lat. 56°, but its habits are unknown. {Richardson.) Not 

 uncommon at Edmonton, Alta., between April i6th and May 

 14th, 1897, when they disappeared. Two specimens were seen on 

 the trail between Lesser Slave lake and Peace River Landing, Alta. 

 in June, and a pair with young birds just able to fly at Dunvegan, 

 lat. 56°, July 26th, 1903. (Spreadborough.) 



Mr. J. H. Fleming, in The Auk, Vol. XXIV., p. 78, and the Rev. 

 C. J. Young, in The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVIII., p. 24, give fuller 

 data than is printed here of the occurrence of this bird in eastern 

 Canada. 



514a. Western Evening Grosbeak. 



Hesperiphona vespertina montana Ridgway. 1874. 



British Columbia. (Mearns.) Met with in the interior only; 

 in August they were passing southwards in flocks of considerable 

 size. (Streator.) East of Coast range, B.C., straggling west (in 

 winter) to lower Eraser and Vancouver island. I found it at the 

 summit of the Coast range in June, 1891. (Fannin.) One shot out 

 of a flock of twelve, March 31st, 1894, at Seymour creek, Burrard 

 inlet, B.C. (E. F. G. White.) Tolerably common resident at Chilli- 

 wack, B.C.; common winter resident at Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) 

 Valley of the Columbia. (Lord.) Seen as a spring migrant at 

 Banff, Rocky mountains, in April, 1891, (perhaps the eastern form) ; 

 quite common along both Arrow lakes, Columbia river, B.C., in 

 June, 1890; rather common in small flocks at the mouth of Pass 

 creek, near Robson, B.C.; they were apparently getting ready for 

 a second brood, June 21st; eating poplar buds; May 15th, 1901, 

 observed a flock of about fifteen at Chilliwack, B.C. ; a small flock 



