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summer at Chilliwack and at Huntingdon, B.C. on the International 

 Boundary; a few seen at Douglas, B.C., in April, 1906. An abun- 

 dant summer resident at Victoria, Vancouver island; nesting by 

 April 9tli, 1893. Doubtless common over the whole island, as it 

 was seen at Sooke, Comox and Nanaimo, although in 1907, only a 

 few were seen at Clayoquot sound in September. (Spreadborough.) 

 The occurrence of this bird in Alaska was first made known by the 

 capture of eight specimens at Sitka by Bischoff; it was afterwards 

 taken by Bean at Sitka. (Nelson.) A single specimen of this bird 

 was obtained at Unalaska island, April 8th, 1879, where it was shot 

 by a native. (Turner.) Numerous in open bushy places at Sitka, 

 Alaska. This junco was one of the commonest land birds there. 

 (Grinnell.) Not common on Queen Charlotte islands. It was very 

 seldom seen near the coast and but few were noticed on the moun- 

 tains. (Osgood.) Tolerably common at Skagway and more so at 

 Haines Mission. At Skagway, I took a female and four fresh eggs, 

 May 31st. The nest of dried grass, lined with short, white hairs, 

 was sunk in the ground and concealed by dead weeds under a birch 

 only about 30 feet above the waters of Lynn canal. (Bishop.) 



Mr. Rhoads, after discussing the differences between this form 

 and the next, says: — "I think it safe to say that birds indistinguish- 

 able from oregonus breed on the better watered mountains of the 

 interior of British Columbia. The only approach to shufeldti is 

 found in birds from the most arid lowlands and most eastern Rockies, 

 but their differences are too slight and fortuitous to warrant a dis- 

 tinction." 



5676. Shufeldt Junco. 



Junco oreganus shufeldti (Coale) Ridgw. 1901. 



In company with two hyemalis at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897, 

 and in the Rocky mountains south of Yellowhead pass, in July, 

 1898; apparently accidental in the Rocky mountains, one taken at 

 Canmore, near Banff, in May, 1891 ; very common and breeding in 

 the Columbia river valley from Revelstoke to the International 

 boundary, where a large series of birds was taken in 1890 and 1902. 

 Common from the Columbia to Vancouver island. West of the 

 Coast range, it becomes mixed with the Oregon junco ; very abun- 

 dant at Penticton, south of Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903 ; abundant 



