632 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



winter, aud spring, yet they disappear mysteriously during the suDimer 

 months ; I saw them in December, in the Riding Mountains (Nash). 

 Carberry : Common resident in the woods to the south and east : Rat 

 Portage, abundant in fall (Thompson). Very common in Northwest 

 Territory, along our route (Macoun). Shell River : 1885, winter visitor 

 (Calcutt.) Qu'Appelle : Common permanent resident ; breeds (Guern- 

 sey). 



258. Parus hudsonicus.. Hudsonian Chickadee. 



Found only in the north and east among the great coniferous forests. 

 Permanent resident; common in the coniferous woods in the northern 

 and eastern parts of Red River Valley (Hunter). In flocks around the 

 Porcupine Mountains (Macoun). Seen and examined between Hudson 

 Bay and Lake Winnipeg (on the Nelson River) ; did not find it be- 

 tween Norway House aud Fort Oarleton after leaving the thickly 

 wooded country to the east of Lake Winnipeg. 



259. Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned Kinglet or Wren. 



Very rare migrant; probably breeds. Winnipeg: Summer resident; 

 rare; possibly breeding (Hine). Portage la Prairie: Very rare mi- 

 grant ; October, 19, 1886, 1 saw a flock of about fifteen near the junc- 

 tion of the Assiniboine with the Red River ; they were very tame ; these 

 are all I ever saw in Manitoba (Nash). Carberry : November 5, 1884. 

 While hunting in the sand hills to the south, to-day, I came across 

 a flock of four Golden-crested Wrens ; they were clambering about 

 the tops of some low spruce trees, and uttering their peculiar " streep, 

 streep;" this was nearly three weeks after the ground was covered 

 with snow ; this was the only occasion in which I met with the species 

 in the province (Thompson). 



260. Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Tolerably common migrant. Mouse River in September (Cones). Duf- 

 erin : Arrived between April 15 and 20 (Dawson). Winnipeg : Summer 

 resident; tolerably common (Hine). Portage la Prairie : Common spring 

 and autumn visitor; arrives about April 20, reappears about the middle 

 of September, and departs at the end of the month ; the Ruby-crown 

 has a very pretty song ; in spring its volume is astonishing, when one 

 considers the little body that produces it (Nash). Carberry : Common 

 in spring migration (Thompson). Occasionally observed (between Nor- 

 way House and FortCarleton in autumn); specimens closely examined; 

 gold crest not seen (Blakiston). 



On May 12, 1883, whilehunting along by the slough, I heard a loud- 

 voiced warbler singing a song like pie piee pi-ee heep-pi-che heep-pi che 

 heeppiche heep-pi-che heep-pi-che heeppiche heep-pi- che. ^^ It began very 

 softly, but soon rang out as loud and strong as a Canary. I managed 



