688 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
1892; two were seen in a willow thicket in the east end of the 
Cypress Hills, June 27th, 1894; common from Lesser Slave Lake 
to Peace River Landing, Lat. 56° 15’, in June, 1903;  tolerably 
common at Edmonton, Alta. by April 17th, May 25th found a nest 
in a poplar stub about seven feet from the ground, the nest con- 
tained eight young; common from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass 
in June, 1898; observed a number on Elbow River and at 
Crow’s Nest Lake, July 31st, 1897; common and breeding in the 
mountain woods at Banff, Rocky Mountains, in the summer of 
1891; shot at Revelstoke, B.C., on April gth, 1890, fairly common 
during April and May; in June it was common at Deer Park, on 
the Columbia River; a nest containing four eggs was taken at 
Robson on June 24th, 1890, it was on an old tree hanging over 
the water of Pass Creek; observed about a dozen at Penticton, 
B.C., in April, 1903. (Spreadborough.) A common and perman- 
ent resident around Prince Albert, Sask. (Coubeaux.) One speci- 
-ment taken at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Wutting.) 
Not rare at Athabasca Landing and up the river to Lesser Slave 
River; common at Fort McMurray, Lat. 56° 4o’, but rare up the 
Clearwater River to Methye Portage, seemingly displacing P. 
hudsonicus; common between Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse. 
(J. M. Macoun.) According to the dimensions given, the male 
bird seen at Carlton House by Richardson belongs to this species. 
Length 5% inches, length of tail 2? inches. (Macoun.) North to 
Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River. (Ross.) Common through- 
out the valleys of the interior. (Stveator.) Ifound this bird very 
common on the wooded hills east of the Coast Range, especially 
in the neighbourhood of Cornwallis. (Fannin.) Abundant nearly 
everywhere around Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. A common 
species in winter in the Cariboo district of British Columbia. 
(Brooks.) Abounds in the inter-mountainous regions of British 
Columbia up to 3,000 feet. (hoads.) 
Throughout the wooded region of Alaska, from the moist 
heavily-wooded coast in the Sitkan and Kadiak regions north 
throughout the entire Yukon and adjoining country this bird is a 
common resident. (/Ve/son.) We took this species at Bennett, 
June 19th, west shore of Lake Bennett, June 24th, Caribou Cross- 
ing June 26th, Lake Marsh, July 7th, and Lake Lebarge July 15th, 
but did not notice it again until we reached the lower Yukon, 
although chickadees were heard several times whose specific 
