CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 347 
the spruce bush I noticed a very noisy flycatcher; its note was 
loud, and its habits were much like those of the great crested 
flycatcher. After some trouble, for it was very shy, and kept 
chiefly among the topmost branches of certain dead trees, I suc- 
ceeded in getting it. It proved to be a male olive-sided flycatcher; 
length seven inches; stomach full of flies. (Zompson-Seton.) One 
specimen seen at Indian Head, Assa., 1892. Not observed any- 
where in the prairie region, but common at Banff, Rocky Moun- 
tains, Alta., in 1891, where it was breeding in numbers; in the 
spring of 1890 it wascommon at Revelstoke and west to Eagle 
Pass where they were breeding; this species was also common at 
Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake; and Robson, Columbia River, 
where they had young ; common on the International Boundary 
between Trail and Cascade, 1902 ; this species was seen at various 
points in B.C.; at Sicamous and Spence’s Bridge high up on the 
mountains in 1889; observed one at Chilliwack, B.C., June 5th, 
one at McGuire’s ranch June 16th; also one at Deer Ridge, 
August 10th, 1901; a summer resident throughout Vancouver 
Island ; in burnt forest quite common. (Sfreadborough.) Only 
one specimen of this species-was procured. It was shot on the 
banks of the Saskatchewan as it was flying near the ground. 
(Richardson.) North to Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake ; 
rare. (Ross.) One specimen shot on Athabasca River, a short 
“distance above Grand Rapids, June, 1888. (/. M. Macoun.) 
A single specimen of this bird was brought to me from 
the lower Yukon in Lat. 63°, and is the only instance of its 
capture on record in Alaska. (Velson.) A specimen from Fort 
Kenai, Cook’s Inlet, is in the National Museum at Washington. 
It is an adult male taken by Bischoff May 26th, 1869. (Osgood.) 
At Six-mile River I took a female of this species and heard it at 
Bennett and shot one, but not found at Carribou Crossing, B.C., 
apout Lat, 60°.” (Aiskop.) British Columbia. (Lord) A 
not uncommon and generally distributed summer resident. 
(Streator.) East and west of Coast Range; a common summer 
resident. (/annin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; not com- 
mon. (Bvooks.) Breeding at high altitudes in the east Coast 
Range and Rocky Mountain districts of B.C. (Rhoads.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Rare in the counties of Leeds, Renfrew, 
etc. In the county of Leeds I twice identified this bird. As this 
was in the summer, it may occasionally breed, as it is reported to 
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