444 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Eggs four, of a faint bluish-white colour. (G. R. White.) This 
species nests at Ottawa and near Lake Nominigue, 100 miles north 
of it. The nest is composed of vegetable fibres, fine grass and strips 
of bark, lined mostly with thistle-down and sometimes with hairs. 
Nests in July and August and lays five or six eggs. (Garneau.) 
Not very common at Toronto, Ont., and is a late breeder, seldom 
having eggs before July 12th. (W. Razne.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Ten; one taken at Ottawa, December, 1888, by Mr. G. R. 
White; three at Ottawa in October, 1890, by Mr. F. A. Saunders; 
one at Toronto by Mr. S. Herring; two at Bracebridge, Ont., in 
December, I891, one at Indian Head, Assa., June, 1892, and two 
at 12-Mile Lake, Assa., June, 1895, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Two sets of eggs. One of four eggs taken at Wakefield, Que., 
on August 15th, 1897, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves; one of five eggs 
taken at Toronto, Ont., on July 30th, 1889, by Mr. W. Raine. 
529u. Pale Goldfinch. 
Astragalinus tristis pallidus MEARNS. 1890. 
Rocky Mountain plateau district of the United States north to 
eastern British Columbia, western Manitoba, &c. (Aidgwway.) 
Si 
fous Willow Goldfinch: 90 
Astragalinus tristis salicamans (GRINNELL) RrpGw. 1899. 
Of irregular occurrence during early winter at Okanagan, B.C. 
(Lrooks.) Chiefly confined to the mainland on both slopes of the 
Coast Range and in the Rocky Mountain district. (Fannin.) 
Abundant on both slopes of the Coast Range. -(Zord.) Only 
once specimen taken at Cascade, on the International Boundary, 
B.C., in the summer of 1902. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One taken at Cascade, B.C., June, 1902, by Mr. Spreadborough. 
CXCII. SPINUS Kocu. 1816. 
533. Pine Siskin. 
Spinus pinus (WILS.) STEJN. 1884. 
Recorded as common in Labrador. by Audubon. (Packard.) 
Rather rare along the northeastern coast of Labrador in company 
