430 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
_Co., December, 1884. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) An infrequent winter 
visitor at Guelph, Ont. (4.8. Klugh.) A male and female taken 
at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Clarke.) 
A winter visitant ; possibly resident and breeding. On Decem- 
ber 6th, 1882, at the spruce bush, 35° below zero, shot three indi- 
viduals out of a small flock that was feeding on thecones of a tall 
spruce. These were all males. (Zhompson-Seton.) Common on 
Methye River in flocks ; a few between that river and Isle a la 
Crosse, Sask. (J. 17. Macoun.) Saw several on Macleod River, west 
of Edmonton, Alta., June 19, 1898. Quite common in the woods at 
Banff, Rocky Mountains, and evidently breeding in the summer of 
I8gI ; two seen in the Crow’s Nest Passin 1897. (Spreadborough.) 
This crossbill inhabits the dense spruce forests of the Northwest 
Territories, feeding principally on the seeds of the cones. It 
ranges through the whole breadth of the continent and probably 
up to Lat. 68°, where the woods terminate, though it was not ob- 
served by us north of Lat. 63°. (Rechardson.) ,North to Fort Good 
Hope on the Mackenzie River. (Ross.) A pair of this species 
was obtained during our residence at Fort Anderson but no nests 
were seen. (Mac/arlane.) Rocky Mountain district; Beaver Pass, 
BG. "by =Mr.Geo.. Hyde. (fannim.)' Three specimens takentwar 
Chilliwack, B.C.; quite abundant in the Cariboo district in the 
winter of 1898-99 and common in the summer of 1900. (Srooks.) 
Common on Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., but no specimens were 
taken ; common at Cook’s Inlet, Alaska, but always in pairs. 
(Osgood.) Although the last«species is thus far known only as an 
excessively rare visitant in the northern portion of Alaska, the 
present bird is found in the greatest abundance wherever trees 
occur to afford shelter. ((Velson.) This species is abundant in the 
interior of the Yukon district and other wooded parts. It only 
occasionally visits St. Michael and then never in. large flocks. 
(Zurner.) This species was a common resident throughout the 
year in certain parts of the Kowak valley, Kotzebue Sound. 
They were always to be found along the bases of the mountains, 
especiallyin the tracts of small spruces bearing great clusters of 
cones. (Grvinnell.) Crossbillsin flocks of from half adozen to one 
hundred individuals were often seen from Lake Lebarge to Charlie 
Village, July 16th to August 11th, 1899, on the Yukon River, 
Yukon District. (zshop.) 
