418 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
A somewhat common winter visitor in Manitoba; possibly nest- 
ing in the northern spruce woods. (ZYkompson-Seton.) A male 
‘was seen perched on a tree overhanging Hill River, near the 
mouth of Fox River, July 8th, 1900 ; the species was reported to 
us by the residents at Fort Churchill. (Edward A. Preble.) On 
April 15th, 1892, shot a male at Indian Head, Assa., his stomach 
was full of poplar and willow buds and a few seeds of the wild 
buckwheat ; none was seen afterwards. (Spreadborough.) This 
species leads a quiet and retired life in the glomiest recesses of 
the coniferous forests ; it is seldom seen. It was not observed 
north of the sixtieth parallel by any member of the expedition. 
It builds its nest on the lower branches of a tree and feeds chiefly 
upon the seeds of the spruce. (Azchardson.) North,on the Mac- 
kenzie River, to Fort Good Hope; not rare. (Xoss.) In the 
spring of 1861 an Indian discovered a nest of this species about 
60 miles south of Fort Anderson, we never discovered another. 
(Macfarlane.) Tolerably common in small flocks and more 
frequently seen along the banks of both branches of the Saskatch- 
ewan. This bird is one of our constant winter visitors, arriving 
about the end of October and leaving about the end of March. 
(Coubeaux.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine ; three taken at Ottawa in December, 1888, by Mr. G. R. 
White ; two taken at Ottawa in January, 1889, by Mr. S. Herring; 
one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; two taken at 
Bracebridge, Ont., March, 1892, and one at Indian Head, Assa., 
April, 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
515a. Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak. 
Pinicola enucleator montana RipGw. 1808. 
This species was taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains in 1891 ; 
both old and young birds seen at Canmore near Banff in June,1885; 
saw two on a mountain on the north side of the Miette River 
near Jasper House, Alta., August 29th, 1898 ; common around 
Revelstoke, B.C., up to April 28th, 1890; their chief food was 
buds of balsam poplar; seen as late as May 23rd in the Eagle 
Pass, B.C.; and one seen near the summit of a mountain at Rob- 
son, Columbia River, B.C., June 24th, 1890; observed a small 
flock at an altitude of about 50950 feet east of the Columbia River 
