CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 389 
fresh. The other was in a larger poplar about 25 feet from the 
ground; nest same as the first; eggs nearly fresh; next day found two 
more nests, one in a willow about seven feet from the ground. The 
other was in a balsam poplar about two feet from the ground. Nest 
very compact, composed chiefly of willow down lined with a little 
dried grass. I have found nests all the way from four to thirty feet 
from the ground. (Spreadborough.) 
468. Hammond Flycatcher. 
Empidonax hammondt (XANTUS) BaArtRD. 1858. 
Reference is made to some eggs of this flycatcher, obtained from 
‘‘Anderson River,” in Vol. II. of the Proc. of the U.S. Nat. Mus. 
by the late Dr. Brewer, of Boston, which, I conclude, were sent to 
the Smithsonian by me. (Macfarlane.) Rather common; speci- 
mens from Ashcroft, Ducks, Mount Lehman, and New Westminster, 
B.C. (Streator.) Chiefly on the mainland, east and west of Coast 
range; common at New Westminster, B.C. (Fannin.) This species 
which appears to be the western representative of mznzimus was only 
found in the Rocky mountains where a single specimen was secured 
in August, 1874. (Cowes.) Taken on Lee creek, near Cardston, 
southern Alberta, and at Waterton lake, where Dr. Coues obtained 
his specimen ; common at Trail, B.C., near the International Boundary 
in the summer of 1902; June 1st found a nest in a hemlock tree, 
out on a slender branch about 16 feet from the ground; June r2th, 
found another nest in a small cedar tree about eight feet from the 
ground; common west of Midway, B.C., May 25th, 1905; not uncom- 
mon on Chilliwack river, B.C., in June, 1901; saw one specimen, 
which I took to be this species, on Mount Benson, near Nanaimo, 
Vancouver island, July toth, 1893. (Spreadborough.) Of uniform 
distribution on mainland and islands, B.C., breeding wherever 
found. (Rhoads.) I have the nest with three eggs and the parent 
bird that were collected for me by Mr. Wenman at the base of 
Moberly peak, Rocky mountains. The nest was built six feet 
from the ground on a branch of a tree, and the eggs are creamy 
white; they were collected May 31st, 1902. (W. Raine.) We saw 
several of this species at Skagway and collected three. I took one 
at Glacier, June 8th, and another on a hill above Caribou Crossing, 
B.C.; after this, we did not meet with this bird until about 
