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on the International Boundary, B.C., September toth, 1902. 
—— (Spreadborough.) 
Breepine Notes.—I have a nest and 4 eggs that were taken at 
Banff in the Rocky Mountains, June 3rd, 1896. The nest is com- 
posed of twigs, roots, and grass ; lined with fine roots and _ hair. 
It was built on the branch of a spruce tree about 15 feet from the 
ground. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two, taken at Revelstoke, B.C., April 23rd, 1890, by Mr. W. 
Spreadborough. 
515c. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. 
Pinicola enucleator alascensis R1IDGW. 1808. 
Northwestern North America, including wooded portions of 
Alaska except Kadiak and the southern coast district, south in 
winter to Montana and eastern British Columbia. (Azdg way.) 
A winter visitant to the valley of the Chilliwack River, B.C. ; 
common winter resident in Cariboo district ; breeds in the timber 
zone and winters at Okanagan on the mountains. (Svooks.) Not 
rare on Mount Queest, Gold Range,Shuswap Lake, B.C., alt. 6000 
feet, August, 1889. (Spreadborough.) East and west of Coast 
Range, except Vancouver Island, also taken at Fort Simpson, 
B.C., by W. B. Anderson. (Fannin.) 
Along the entire west and northwest coast of America from 
Vancouver Island north to within the Arctic Circle, this bird 
occurs in greater or less abundance. The only breaks in this range 
are the treeless areas which occur along the coast of Behring Sea. 
Throughout the interior of the above region it is an abundant 
species. (Welson.) This species is a resident of the interior and 
wooded districts of the entire territory of Alaska. (7urner.) 
Sheep Creek and Homer, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska; at these places 
nine specimens were taken in July and September, 1901. The 
patches of cottonwood were the favorite haunts of this bird. They 
were never found in spruce timber except while perched upon the 
topmost branch of a dead treé, where they remained bug for a few 
minutes. During heavy rain storms they repair to the lower 
underbrush and even the low grass. (Chapman.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.—The Alaskan pine grosbeak proved to be a 
common resident throughout the year in wooded tracts from the 
