668 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
hair, lined with feathers. Eggs seven to eight, white, thickly 
spotted with reddish-brown. (G. Rk. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One taken at Ottawa, May 15th, 1888, by the writer. 
One set of six eggs taken at Ottawa in June, 1897, and pre- 
sented by Mr. Fred Whiteaves. 
721a. Parkman’s Wren. 
Troglodytes aédon parkmanu (AuD.) Cougs. 1872. 
Occasionally) seen,.at Kamloops, “B. C2 sin june 1685: 
Rather common at Heney, Hammond and Agassiz, along the 
Fraser River, B.C., in May, 1889, they were around the barns 
and houses like the house wren; common at Chilliwack, B.C., 
in the spring of 1901; first seen on Vancouver Island April 27th, 
1893; it isa tolerably common summer resident throughout the 
island, in May the woods everywhere were vocal with its song. 
(Spreadborough.) Rather common in British Columbia. (Lord.) 
Common summer resident everywhere; breeds. (Sétreator.) A 
summer resident east and west of the Coast Range. (/annin.) 
Common summer resident at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) I never 
found this wren above the 2,000 feet limit. It is not as abundant 
or evenly distributed in the interior as coast-wise. (Rhoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; three taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, two at Port 
Heney on the Fraser River, B.C., May Ist, 1889, tWo at Victoria, 
Vancouver Island, May, 1893, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
721b. Western House Wren. 
Troglodytes aédon astecus BaiRD. 1864. 
Observed as far west on the 4oth parallel as the confines of the 
Missouri Coteau. The westernmost specimens, as well as those 
from the immediate valley of the Red River appear to be typical 
aédon. On the Red River, in June, the species was breeding very 
abundantly in the neighbourhood of the fort and town of Pem- 
bina. (Coues.) An abundant summer resident in partly wooded 
localities. Although this bird usually nests in a hollow stump it 
is not averse to a different situation, provided only that it be a 
a hole, and deep enough and narrow enough to exclude any but 
