530 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine; three taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; 
one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; three at Med- 
icine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894, one taken June 28th, 1903, at 
Peace River Landing, and one at Edmonton, Alta., May 18th, 
1897, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Two sets of eggs; one of four eggs taken at Farrellton, Que., 
June 18th, 1893, by Mr. A. G. Kingston; one set of three taken at 
Edmonton, Alta., May, 29th, 1897, by Mr. Spreadborough. 
596. Black-headed Grosbeak, 
Hatbia melanocephala (SWAINS.) STEJN. 1884. 
Not uncommon through British Columbia to the coast; heard 
in the woods at Revelstoke, B.C., May 26th, 1890; breeding in the 
valley of Pass Creek at Robson, B.C., June, 1890; a female shot 
on May 31st. Only observed a pair, which were breeding, near 
Trail in the summer of 1902. A rare species at Spence’s Bridge, 
B.C.; seen at Hastings and Agassiz in the Fraser River valley, 
where it was not uncommon in May, 1889; abundant at Chilli- 
wack in the spring of 1901; a few seen later at McGuire’s a few 
miles up the river. (Spreadborough.) A common summer resident 
on Vancouver Island at Victoria and Comox; nests were taken at 
Lost Lake, near Victoria, May 2Ist, 1887, they were placed in 
the crotches of Pirus rivulasts; at Nanaimo a nest found in 
Prunus emarginata. (Macoun.) Common summer resident of the 
coast region; breeds; arrived about May Ist. (Strveator.) A 
summer resident east and west of the Coast Range. (/annzz.) 
Common summer resident at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) Breeding at 
Agassiz, B.C., May 14th, 1897. (E.F. G. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Eleven; three taken at Trail on the International Boundary, 
B.C., in June, 1902, one at Agassiz, B.C., May 13th, 1889, three 
at Chilliwack, B.C.,in May, I901, two at Victoria, Vancouver 
Island, June, 1893, and one at Comox June 20th, 1893, all by Mr. 
Spreadborough. 
One set of three eggs taken at Lost Lake, near Victoria, V.1., in 
May, 1887, by Prof. Macoun. 
