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itoba. I am of the opinion that it breeds occasionally in that pro- 
vince, as I have collected specimens in early August. (Atkinson.) 
At the beginning of the winter of 1900 I noted this bird for the first 
time at Prince Albert, Sask., though it had been seen there before. 
I saw it all through the winter in flocks of 8 to 20. (Coubeaux.) This 
gay and very remarkable bird is a common inhabitant of the maple 
groves (Negundo aceroides) on the Saskatchewan plains. As it 
atrives late we left Carlton House before they arrived, but Mr. 
Prudens kindly sent specimens to us. It frequents the borders of 
Lake Superior also, and the eastern declivity of the Rocky moun- 
tains, in lat. 56°, but its habits are unknown. (Richardson.) Not 
uncommon at Edmonton, Alta., between April 16th and May 
14th, 1897, when they disappeared... Two specimens were seen on 
the trail between Lesser Slave lake and Peace River Landing, Alta. 
in June, and a pair with young birds just able to fly at Dunvegan, 
lat. 56°, July 26th, 1903. (Spreadborough.) 
Mr. J. H. Fleming, in The Auk, Vol. XXIV., p. 78, and the Rev. 
C. J. Young, in The Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVIIL., p. 24, give fuller 
data than is printed here of the occurrence of this bird in eastern 
Canada. 
514a. Western Evening Grosbeak. 
Hespertphona vespertina montana RipGWay. 1874. 
British Columbia. (Mearns.) Met with in the interior only; 
in August they were passing southwards in flocks of considerable 
size. (Streator.) East of Coast range, B.C., straggling west (in 
winter) to lower Fraser and Vancouver island. I found it at the 
summit of the Coast range in June, 1891. (Fannin.) One shot out 
of a flock of twelve, March 31st, 1894, at Seymour creek, Burrard 
inlet, B.C. (E. F.G. White.) Tolerably common resident at Chilli- 
wack, B.C.; common winter resident at Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) 
Valley of the Columbia. (Lord.) Seen as a spring migrant at 
Banff, Rocky mountains, in April, 1891, (perhaps the eastern form) ; 
quite common along both Arrow lakes, Columbia river, B.C., in 
June, 1890; rather common in small flocks at the mouth of Pass 
creek, near Robson, B.C.; they were apparently getting ready for 
a second brood, June 21st; eating poplar buds; May 15th, ‘1901, 
observed a flock of about fifteen at Chilliwack, B.C.; a small flock 
