722 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
12th, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadbourgh; one set of four eggs taken 
at Ottawa, Ont., May 24th, 1898, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves. 
761a. Western Robin. 
Merula migratoria propinqua Ripew. 1880. 
This form was first seen at Banff, Rocky Mountains where it 
was in some numbers; at Revelstoke, B.C. it arrived on April toth, 
1890, and soon became common ; it bred in large numbers at 
Revelstoke, Deer Park, and Robson on the Columbia River, but 
curiously it was very wild and difficult to shoot; common on the 
International Boundary between Trail and Cascade in i902; 
found a nest on a fence overhung with brush near Trail; abundant 
everywhere in the Okanagan valley, B.C., in April, 1903 ; abund- 
ant in all parts of the interior of British Columbia, but especially 
so at Spence’s Bridge ; builds a different nest from the eastern 
one; abundant at Chilliwack, Hastings, and Huntington in the 
Fraser River valley in 1901; a very abundant species in all parts 
of Vancouver Island, only partially migratory, many building by 
the middle of April. (Spreadborough.) 
British Columbia. (ZLorvd.) Very common everywhere; breeds. 
(Streator.) Abundant throughout the province ; partially migra- 
tory; a number winter on Vancouver Island. (Fannen.) Abundant 
resident at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) Uniformly abundant everywhere in 
British Columbia. (Rhoads.) A few adults were observed through- 
out the summer among the more open parts three or four miles 
inland from Sitka, along the Indian River. Several large flocks 
of juveniles appeared on July 25th and afterwards were common. 
(Grinnell.) Common on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Its time 
of arrival at Massett, from 1891 to 1898, ranged from February 
20th to March 16th. (Osgood.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Twenty-three; three taken at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1890 ; 
one at Robson, Columbia River, B.C., June, 26th, 1890; one at 
Trail,B.C., June 1oth,1902; one at Penticton, B.C. ,April 27th, 1903; 
two at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889; two at Hastings, Burrard Inlet, 
B.C., April, 1889; five at Chilliwack, B.C , May, 1901; six at Hunt- 
ington, B.C., in October, 1g01, and two at Victoria, Vancouver 
Island, in April, 1893, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
