578 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
56° 15’,in June, 1903. (Spreadborough.) At Clandeboye Bay, 
Lake Manitoba, June 13th, 1894, | found the nest and four eggsof ~~ 
this species about seven feet up in a willow. At Oak Lake, Mani- 4 
toba, May 23rd, 1893, I found a nest and four eggs of this species. 
It is rather rare in Assiniboia. (W. Raine.) a 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; one 
taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., June 8th, 1900, one taken at Peace 
River Landing, June 15th, 1903, and four at Edmonton, Alta., 
May 22nd, 1897, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
One set of foureggs taken at Wolfville, N.S., June goth, r901, by 
Mr. H. F. Tufts. Nest hanging from a hemlock bough about seven 
feet from the ground. It was made of bark and fragments of 
hornets’ nests, lined with dry grass. 
629a. Cassin’s Vireo. 
Virco solitarius cassinid (XANTUS) HENSH. 1874. 
Rather rare at Canmore, but breeding in June, 1891; not uncom- 
mon at Deer Park, Columbia River, and found breeding on Pass 
Creek at Robson, B.C.; common in thick woods on the Interna- 
tional Boundary between Trail and Kettle River, B.C., in the 
summer of 1902; apparently rare in the Fraser valley, only taken 
at Agassiz and Westminster Junction, 1889; common at Chilliwack, 
B.C. in the spring, observed young out of the nest by June 5th, 
1901; first seen at Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 27th, 1893, 
common by May 5th; apparently common at Comox, Nanaimo, 
Sooke, and Stubb’s Island on the west coast. (Spreadborough.) 
Sumas and Vancouver Island. (Zord.) Rare, only two specimens 
taken, one at Ashcroft, the other at Ducks. (Steator.) East and 
west of Coast Range; summer resident. (Fannin.) Summer resid- 
ent at Chilliwack; not common. (Svooks.) This species is repre- 
sented by specimens from nearly every locality in British Columbia, 
including Vancouver Island, Lac La Hache and Vernon ; it is 
found in the open timber at higher elevations. (Rhoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Fourteen; one taken at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 27th, 
1891; one at Robson and another at Deer Park, Columbia River, 
B.C.; two-at Trail, B.C., in May, 1902; "one atv Chilliwack. te. 
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