CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 681 
stub. One nest was in an ash tree 50 feet from the ground. 
(W. Raine.) A common resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (4. /. 
Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Five; two taken at Ottawa by the writer in May, 1888, and one 
by Dr. F. A Saunders, Nov. Ist, 1890; two at Bracebridge, Ont., 
in Feb., 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
One set of seven eggs taken at Sherkston, Welland Co., Ont., by 
Mr. Edward Reinecke. 
727a. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 
Sitta carolinensis aculeata (Cass.) ALLEN. 1872. 
Somewhat rare; summe: resident of woodlands; its distribution 
seems to be much the sameas that of the oak (Q. macrocarpa.) 1 
cannot concur that both forms of Sz¢ta carolinensis are found in 
Manitoba; all that I have seen are nearer to aculeata than to the 
typical sub-species. (Z/ompson-Seton.) 
One observed in the Crow’s Nest Pass, Rocky Mountains, July 
29th, 1897; not common at Revelstoke, B.C.; a few were seen ina 
piece of green timber near the railway station on May f2th, 1890; 
rather common at Deer Park and Robson on the Columbia River; 
breeding in both localities; four seen at Cascade, B.C. June, 1902; 
not uncommon in mountain woods at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., May, 
1889; only observed two specimens at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903. 
(Spreadborough.) Rather common at Lake Okanagan, BC yain 
winter, associating with chickadees; in summer confined to the 
region of Pinus ponderosa in B.C. (Brooks.) British Columbia. 
(Lord.) Very common in the interior; breeds. (S¢veator.) Com- 
mon east of Coast Range ; I found them very abundant on the 
wooded hills above Cornwallis. (Famnn.) Abounds in the wooded 
hills of the interior of British Columbia. (Rioads.) One specimen 
taken on Sumas prairie, B.C., October roth, 1894. (4. F. G. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine; three taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C. jumes 
1890; three at Cascade, B.C., June 26th, 1902; two at Penticton, 
B.C., in April, 1903; one at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., May 28th, 1880, 
all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
