CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS 403 
Nest pass, and south of Calgary, Alta,; occasionally seen in winter 
at Banff, Rocky mountains; seen in numbers at Revelstoke, B.C., 
in March, and ten miles south of Kamloops in June, 1889, but not 
seen in April or May; a few specimens were seen on the mountains 
at Spence Bridge, B.C., and at Agassiz in 1889; observed at McGuire’s 
ranch, August 20th, near Chilliwack, B.C., and common at Hunt- 
ingdon and Chilliwack, in the fall of 1901; observed a pair at Elko, 
B.C., May, 1904; in 1905 a few were breeding near Midway, B.C., 
and at Lake Osoyoos young were able to fly by June tst.; common 
along the Similkameen river and at Penticton, B.C. (Spreadbo- 
rough.) On west side of mountains north of Lewes and Pelly 
rivers. Not seen in the Mackenzie river valley. (Ross.) Found 
common everywhere; breeds about Ashcroft, B.C. (Streator.) 
An abundant resident; breeds east of Coast range; west only 
during winter; a rare straggler on Vancouver island. (Fannin.) 
Common in lower valley of the Fraser; arrives in August and leaves 
in April. A tolerably common winter resident in Cariboo, B.C.; 
an abundant winter resident at Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) 
Well scattered over the interior but nowhere so common as 
in the Okanagan valley near Vernon, B.C. (Rhoads.) At 
Kaluk, on Kadiak island six specimens were taken between 
October and December, 1897. They were very common and 
fed on dead fish. (Grinnell.) This bird was in all localities visited 
in Alaska and it is resident wherever found. (Frggins.) Seen at 
many places on the base of the Alaska peninsula. (Osgood; Ander- 
son.) The miners at Sunrise City, Cook inlet, Alaska, told 
us that magpies had been seen in the vicinity frequently, 
but we did not observe them there or at any other point 
on the inlent. Specimens were taken in Graham harbour by 
Townsend in 1892. (Osgood & Heller.). This species is an 
abundant resident along that portion of the coast-line extending 
from the Shumigan islands east and south. It is abundant on 
Kadiak island and in the vicinity of Sitka. North of the Alaskan 
mountains it is comparatively rare and has been taken at Fort 
Reliance on the upper Yukon almost on the Arctic circle. (Nelson.) 
Several traders from the upper Yukon district reported this species 
to be not rare in the neighbourhood of Fort Yukon and rather more 
common farther up the river. (Turner.) 
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