358 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
I have found nests all the way from four to thirty feet from the 
ground. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Eight ; two taken in Algonquin Park, Ont.; one at Indian 
Head, Assa.; three at Old Wives’ Creek, Assa.; one at Medicine 
Hat, Assa.; and one at Canmore within the Rocky Mountains, all 
taken by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Five sets of eggs, three with four eggs each and two with three ; 
all taken the first ten days of June, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., by 
Mr. Spreadborough. 
468. Hammond’s Flycatcher. 
Empidonax hammondi (XANtTuS) BartrpD. 1858. 
Reference is made to some eggs of this flycatcher, obtained 
from “Anderson River’ in Vol. II. of the Proc. of the U.S. Nat. 
Mus. by the late Dr. Brewer of Boston, which I conclude were 
sent to the Smithsonian by me. (Macfarlane.) Rather common ; 
specimens from Ashcroft, Ducks, Mount Lehman, and New West- 
minster, B.C. (S¢veator.) Chiefly on the mainland; east and west of 
Coast Range; common at New Westminster, B.C. (Fannin.) This 
species which appears to be the western representative of snzmus 
was only found in the Rocky Mountains where a single specimen 
was secured in August, 1874. (Coues.) Taken on Lee’s Creek, 
near Cardston, southern Alberta, and at Waterton Lake, where 
Dr. Coues obtained his specimen; common at Trail, B.C., near 
the International Boundary in the summer of 1902. June Ist 
found a nest ina hemlock tree, out on a slender branch about 16 
feet from the ground. June 12th found another nest in a small 
cedar tree about eight feet from the ground. Not uncommon 
on Chilliwack River, B.C., in June, 1901. Saw one specimen 
which I took to be this species on Mount Benson, near Nanaimo, 
Vancouver Island, July roth, 1893. (Spreadborough.) Of uniform 
distribution on mainland and islands, B.C., breeding wherever 
found. (Rhoads.) I have the nest with three eggs and the parent 
bird that were collected for me by Mr. Wenman at the base of 
Moberly Peak, Rocky Mountains. The nest was built six feet 
from the ground on a branch of a tree and the eggs are creamy 
white, they were collected May 31st, 1902. (W. Raine.) Wesaw 
