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Moose Mountain, southwest of Calgary, June 30th, 1897, another 
observed in Crow’s Nest Pass, July 28th, 1897; first seen at Revel- 
stoke, on the Columbia, April roth, 1890, later they became more 
common and nested in the thick woods; quite common in thick 
woods at Trail on the 49th parallel in the summer of 1902; three 
specimens seen at Penticton, B.C., in April, 1903; common in the 
woods around Burrard Inlet and Agassiz, on the Fraser River, 
B.C., April, 1889; abundant along the Chilliwack River, in the 
mountains near the 4gth parallel; also observed a few at Hunting- 
ton, B.C., nearer the coast in I9g01; a common resident through- 
out Vancouver Island, preferring thick bush. (Spreadborough.) 
Rather common, British Columbia. (Zord.) Confined principally 
to the coast region; breeds. (Séreator.) A resident chiefly of the 
coast; abundant. (/a@nmim.) Common resident at Chilliwack. 
Tolerably common throughout the winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C. 
(Lrooks.) Abundant on the coast of British Columbia. Two 
moulting birds from Selkirk Mountains near Nelson, B.C., are 
even darker than skins from Puget Sound. (Rhoads.) From Sitka, 
Bischoff sent four specimens during his collecting there, and 
others have been collected at Kadiak. (JVe/son.) Tolerably 
common in the more open forests at Sitka, Alaska, where there is 
much recently fallen timber. Especially numerous on St. Lazaria 
Island where their clear sprightly songs constantly uttered, 
seemed scarcely in accord with the harsh cries of the thousands of 
sea-fowl. (Grznnell.) We noticed afew at Glacier above Skag- 
way, Alaska, June 4th to 1oth, and I took a male there June 6th. 
(Bishop.) Very common on all the Queen Charlotte Islands, it is 
practically the only bird to be found in the deep forest away from 
the sea-shore. On the occasions when we attempted to penetrate 
the labyrinth of undergrowth towards the interior of the islands, 
we were always greeted, even in the darkest places, by the tiny 
wren’s bright bubbling song or scolding chatter. It is always in 
motion and utterly regardless of the weather. During continuous 
rains while we were camped at the head of Cumshewa Inlet, a wren 
would appear every few hours near the front of the tent and, after 
scolding us for a while, move on through the wet brush cheerfully 
and oblivious of the descending rain. I flushed a bird from an 
empty nest in the upturned roots of a large fallen cedar, June 15th. 
I visited this nest frequently and flushed the bird from it each 
time, but up to June 28th it still contained no eggs. Four speci- 
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