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whole region under consideration. (Cowes.) The nests of this 
species are usually built in an apple tree in some orchard, and are 
constructed of dried grasses, weed stems, wool and hair. Wool is 
the most conspicuous article used in building. One nest observed 
was within three feet of the ground, being situated in a small 
apple tree and was plainly exposed, there being nothing whatever 
to conceal it. (W.H. Moore.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Eleven; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; 
three taken at Ottawa, two of these by Prof. Macoun and one by Mr. 
F. A. Saunders; one taken at Carberry, Man., by Mr. Thompson- 
Seton ; two at Medicine Hat, Assa., two at Banff, Rocky Moun- 
tains, one at Deer Park, B.C., and another at Kamloops, B.C., all 
by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Four sets of eggs. One set of four eggs, taken on Gull River, 
Minden, Ont., June 16th, 1896, by Mr. A. E. Barlow; one set of 
four taken on Gull River, Minden, Ont., June 14th, 1894, by Mr. 
A. A. Cole. Nest in an alder three inches above the water of 
Gull River. One set of three, taken in a wild rose bush, at Crane 
Lake, Assa., June 12th, 1894; by Prof. Macoun. Oneset of three, 
taken at Edmonton, Alta., June roth, 1897, by Mr. Spread- 
borough. 
445. Gray King-bird. 
Tyrannus dominicensis (GMEL.) RICHARDSON. 1837. 
One specimen taken at Cape Beale (west coast of Vancouver 
Island, September 29th, 1889, by Miss Cox, and presented to the 
museum at Victoria. (/annin.) 
447. Arkansas King-bird. 
Lyrannus verticalis Say. 1823. 
Two specimens of this species, an adult and one in first plumage, 
were taken by Mr. D. Losh Thorpe at Souris coalfields, 
August 20th, 1891, a little west of Manitoba. (Zhompson-Seton.) 
Observed at Old Wives’ Creek, Assa., its most eastern limit as far 
as my observation goes, on May 26th, 1895 ; also at Medicine Hat, 
Assa., in May, 1894; nesting both at Medicine Hat and Crane 
Lake ; quite common at Castellated Rocks, near the West Butte, 
on Milk River, in July, 1895, and westward to the Rocky Moun- 
tains ; breeding in great numbers in southern Alberta; one pair 
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