CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS, 665 
fibrous roots, lined with fine grass; the nest contained four greenish 
white eggs marked with reddish brown dots. (G. R. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Six; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; one at 
Ottawa, May 16th, 1888, by the writer and another taken August 
30th, 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders; one at Old Wives’ Creek, Assa., 
May 23rd, 1895, and two at Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, all 
by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Three sets of four ‘eggs each; one set taken at Aylmer, Que., 
June goth, 1898, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves ; one taken at Medicine 
Hat, Assa., May 3rd, 1894, by Prof. Macoun ; nest under a bush; 
one taken on Point Pelee, Lake Erie, May 31st, 1884, by Mr. W. 
E. Saunders. 
CCXLI. SALPINCTES Casanis, 1847. 
715. Rock Wren. 
Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) CAB. 1847. 
One male of this species was seen in the east end of the 
Cypress Hills, Assa., June 26th, 1894; it was also taken at Cal- 
gary, Alta., in August, 1885; a pair of these birds was noticed on 
June 14th, 1895, in the ‘‘ bad lands,” on Rocky Creek, south of 
Wood Mountain; the species was common along Milk River, and 
breeding in numbers at Castellated Rocks, Alta., in July, 1895; 
saw one individual at Prairie Creek, northwest of Edmonton, 
Alta., June 29th, 1898 ; rather common along the railway at 
Spence’s Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, it was evidently breed- 
ing. (Spreadborough.) Migrant on Vancouver Island and at 
Sumas. (Zord.) Rather common about Ashcroft ; breeds. 
(Stveator.) Common east of the Coast Range; one specimen 
taken by me at Burrard Inlet in 1884. (Fannin.) Only once seen 
and shot, in November, 1889, at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) Found 
about Ashcroft and northward to Cache Creek, B.C.; also at Kam- 
loops where one was nesting in a “section ” house, ten feet from 
the railroad tracks. (Rhoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; one taken at the ‘bad lands” south of Wood Mountain, 
Assa.,June 14th, 1895, and one taken at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., June 
1oth, 1889, both by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
