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birds and the nest torn down on July 12th. Another nest was on 
a dead limb of a small hemlock. The nest, like the wood-pewee’s, 
is built on the upper side of the limb. (Kev. C.J. Young.) A nest 
taken at Ottawa was built on a horizontal branch of atree. It 
was built of gray lichen lined with soft plant down. Eggs two, 
pure white, blushed with pink. (G. R. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; one taken at Ottawa, the other at Toronto, Ont., by Mr, 
S, Herring. 
One set of two eggs taken at Toronto, June roth, 1891, by Mr. 
W. Raine. Nest inthe fork of anappletree. Another nest taken 
near Ottawa in the fork of a plum-tree; built of the usual gray 
lichen, (Parmela saxatilis). 
429. Black-chinned Humming-bird. 
Trochilus alexandri Bourc. & MuLs. 
Confined to the mainland ; on both slopes of the Coast Range. 
(Fannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; not common. (Brooks.) 
This species was found in some abundance at Agassiz, B.C., in 
May, 1889, and a few at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., on the mountain 
back from the bridge. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One specimen ; taken at Agassiz, B.C., May 13th, 1889, by Mr. 
Spreadborough. 
CLVII]. SELASPHORUS § Swainson. 1831. 
433. Rufous Humming-bird. 
Selasphorus rufus (GMEL.) SWAINS. 1831. 
This species was discovered at Nootka Sound by Captain Cook, 
and | have before me one of the identical specimens. (Aéchardson.) 
This species is a summer resident at Sitka and beyond, thus 
occurring far along the coast of the North Pacific. (Ve/son.) 
Tolerably common in the more open clearings about Sitka, Alaska, 
and along the quiet shores of the secluded inlets. A nest with 
eggs nearly hatched was found on June toth. It was five feet 
from the ground on a horizontal branch of a fir tree. (Grénnell.) 
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