PRE WA @E. 
Three years have elapsed since the publication of Part I of this 
Catalogue. During that time many further facts have been 
gathered and recent publications received, so that the part now 
published will give a somewhat more comprehensive sketch of 
the geographical distribution than was possible when the first 
part was published. 
Our knowledge of the avi-fauna of Alaska, northern British 
Columbia, Labrador and the Hudson Bay region has been very 
much increased by the valuable papers mentioned in the accom- 
panying list. Certain omissions were also made in the list of 
authorities which are included in this. 
Mr. Spreadborough has been busy during the past three sum- 
mers, and has as usual added much to our knowledge of the whole 
fauna in the districts where he has been at work, The summer 
of 1900 he spent in Algonquin Park, Ont., under the direction of 
the writer; in Igor he collected in the Coast Range, B.C., chiefly 
around Chilliwack Lake ; and in 1902 between Trail and Cascade © 
on the International Boundary, B.C. During these two seasons 
he collected under the direction of Mr. J. M. Macoun, Naturalist 
to the Boundary Commission. Many of the observations credited 
to Mr. Spreadborough were made by the writer, but as the work 
was done in company and all the specimens collected by Mr. 
Spreadborough, some confusion and repetition has been obviated 
by the omission of the author’s name for the years when Mr. 
Spreadborough was with him. The same may be said of Mr. 
J. M. Macoun for the years Ig01 and 1902 when Mr. Spread- 
borough acted as his assistant. 
Valuable manuscript notes have been received from Mr. C. R. 
Marte: Mr. Harold Tufts, Wolfville, N.S.; Mr. W. H. Moore, 
Scotch Lake, N.B.; Mr. J. Hughes-Samuel, Toronto, Ont.; and 
Mr. J. H. Fleming, Toronto, Ont., and many additional ones from 
some of the gentlemen mentioned in Part I. 
The manuscript for the remainder of the work isnearly ready 
for the printer but other duties claim my attention during the 
coming summer and the remainder of the work will be published 
