428 : GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
at Chilliwack, B.C. in the spring of I1901;.abundant at Pen- 
ticton, feeding on seeds of bull pine, April, 1903; a common sum- 
mer resident on Vancouver Island; flocks seen almost every day 
near Victoria in the spring of 1893; also at Salt Spring Island and 
Comox, the same year. (Spreadborough.) An abundant summer 
resident on both sides of the Coast Range. (Lord.) From July 
16th to September, pairs were seen about Ducks, B.C., flying from 
tree to tree looking for food. Later, a few flocks were seen on the 
coast flying south. (S¢veztor.) An abundant resident throughout 
the province. (Fannin.) Tolerably common; anirregular visitant 
to the lower Fraser valley; resident in the mountains; common 
in Cariboo district in the winter of 1899 and summer of Igo0 ; 
abundant at Okanagan, B.C., in the winter of 1897-98. (Bvooks.) 
Co-extensive with coniferous forests at all elevations, east and 
west of Coast Range, B.C. (Rhoads.) Along the southeastern 
coast of the territory in the vicinity of Sitka and the adjoining 
regions, thisis a rather common bird but in only one instance has 
it been taken north of the Alaskan mountains. (/Velson.) Flocks 
of these birds frequented the tops of the tallest firs at Sitka, 
Alaska, where on account of their quietness they may easily 
escape notice. (Grznnell.) Osgood took a red crossbill and saw 
another at Unalaska, October 5th, 1899. We did not see any on 
the Yukon. (Bzshop.) 
BREEDING Nores.—I have a set of 4 eggs collected by L.Dicks 
at Cartwright, Labrador, April 20th, 1895. The nest was built in 
the top of acedar,[?] and was composed externally of twigs and 
roots and the interior lined with animal fur and feathers. The 
eggs are greenish white, spotted chiefly at the larger end with 
dark brown and grey and average in size *75 x 58. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Fourteen ; one taken at London, Ont.,in April, 1885, by Mr. W. 
E. Saunders; three taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains, July, 1891, 
one taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C., June, 1890, one at 
Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, two at Chilliwack, B.C.in June, 1991, and 
six at Penticton, B.C., in April, 1903, all by Mr.W. Spreadborough. 
522. White-winged Crossbill. 
 Loxia leucoptera GMEL. 1788. 
A rare straggler in Greenland; a few taken in South Green- 
land. (Avct. Man.) Abundant at Fort Chimo, Labrador, some 
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