700 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
ently asummer resident on Vancouver Island, seen first on April 
18th when they were in large numbers in conifers with chicka- 
dees; first seén' at Penticton; 'B:C., April 13th, 1003) abundant 
everywhere by the 20th and remained so unti! May Ist; 
common at Lake Ste. Anne, north of Edmonton, and from 
thence along the trail to the Athabasca Pass in June, 1898; com- 
mon at Fernie and Elko, B.C., in May, 1904. (Spreadborough.) 
Very common at the south end of Methye Portage. (/. &. 
Macoun.) North to Fort Resolution on the Mackenzie River ; 
rare. (Xoss.) There is no doubt but this bird is to be met with 
during the summer season on the Anderson River, but we ‘ene 
no nests. ((ac/arlane.) 
Seen only east of the Coast range. (Lord.) Found only in 
the coast region during autumnal migration. (Stveator.) Abun- 
dant in the district west of the Coast Range. (Fannin.) Common 
winter visitant at Chilliwack; breeds on the mountains. (Bvooks.) 
Numerous on the coast of British Columbia in spring. Breeding 
in the interior. (Ahoads.) 
This handsome species has been secured from various portions 
of the territory. The various Alaskan records include Fort Yukon, 
Nulato, Anvik, in the north, with Sitka and Fort Kenai on the 
southeastern coast. (JVe/son.) Specimens of this bird were 
obtained from Fort Yukon, where it is common, breeding there. 
At Nushagak, on Bristol Bay, I saw a single specimen of this bird 
flitting amongst the willows which skirt the river. (Zuvner.) On 
the 23rd August, I shot one specimen and saw two others in a 
willow copse bordering the Kowak, a couple of miles above our 
winter camp. I did not see the species again until June toth, in 
Kowak delta, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. (Grinnell.) 
BREEDING Notes.—I have a beautiful nest containing eleven 
eggs that was taken at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on June Ist, 1898; 
this nest was suspended to the branch of a black spruce tree, 20 
feet from the ground; besides this one I have four others taken at 
the same place and all alike in structure; the nests were round 
balls of green moss well lined with feathers and were suspended 
from the branches of spruce trees. (W. Raime.) Breeding near 158- 
Mile House, B.C.; on the 11th JuneI found a nest in a small spruce 
not four feet high; the nest was close to the stem and about two 
feet from the ground; it was a very deep cup, almost a vertical 
