CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 503 
a well-concealed nest placed on the ground, under the protection 
of a rock, sod, root or log. The nest is composed of grass stems 
lined with hair. One nest was found made entirely of hair taken 
from a piece of cariboo skin. (W. H. Moore.) One nest found on 
Chelsea Mountain, nine miles from Ottawa, on May tI2th, 1903, 
and another taken on Montreal Mountain on June 3rd, 1903, were 
in holes in the ground; each nest was made of grass and hair and 
each contained four eggs, and measured 4 x 2 and 2°50 x I'50 
inches. (Garneau.) Not a common summer resident at Ottawa. 
Nest ina low bush or on the ground, composed of strips of bark, 
rootlets and hairs, lined with moss and hair; eggs 4 or 5, greenish- 
white, spotted and blotched with reddish-brown. (G. 2. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Sixteen; three taken at Ottawa, April, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; 
two at Toronto in 1890, by Mr. S. Herring; two at Ottawa, in 
April and September, 1891, by Mr. F. A. Saunders; one at 
London, Ont., April, 12th, 1886, by Mr. W. E. Saunders; four at 
Indian Head, Assa., April, 1892, and three at Edmonton, Alta., 
April, 1897, by Mr. Spreadborough. 
One set of three eggs taken at Ottawa, May, 1804. 
567a. Oregon Junco. 
Junco oregonus (Towns.) Ripew. 1901. 
An abundant resident west of the Coast Range. (Fannin.) 
Abundant resident at Chilliwack, B.C. (Bvooks.) Very abun- 
dant in the Fraser valley below Yale in May, 1889; common 
during the whole summer at Chilliwack and at Huntington, B.C., 
on the International Boundary. An abundant summer resident 
at Victoria, Vancouver Island; nesting by April goth, 1893. 
Doubtless common over the whole island as it was seen at Sooke, 
Comox and Nanaimo. (Spreadborough.) The occurrence of this 
bird in Alaska was first made known by the capture of eight 
specimens at Sitka by Bischoff ; it was afterwards taken by Bean 
at Sitka. (JVelson.) A single specimen of this bird was obtained 
at Unalaska Island April 8th, 1879, where it was shot by a native. 
(Turner.) Numerous in open bushy places at Sitka, Alaska. This 
junco was one of the commonest land birds there. (Gvznnedd.) 
Not common on Queen Charlotte Islands. It was very seldom 
seen near the coast and but few were noticed on the mountains. 
