466 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Lake Okanagan; the typical species breeds on the high mountains 
near Barkerville, Cariboo district, B.C. (Brooks.) <A flock of three 
birds was seen near Field, Rocky mountains, B.C. (Rhoads.) 
BREEDING Notes.—As the nest and eggs of this bird have never 
been recorded, I am pleased to describe them for the first time. I 
have a nest of four eggs with the parent bird that were taken at 
Banff, Rocky mountains, Alta., on June gth, 1892, by Mr. Wm. 
Fear. The nest is made of roots and fine bark lined with fine grass 
and was built in a crevice of a rock, and the eggs are pure white, 
averaging .go x .65. (W. Raine.) 
5244. Hepburn Leucosticte. 
Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis (BAIRD) COUES. 1872. 
The types of this form came from Sitka, and since then specimens 
have been obtained from Sitka, Kadiak, British Columbia, Wyoming 
and Rocky mountain region as far south as Colorado. (Nelson.) 
Abundant summer resident on both sides of the Coast range. (Lord.) 
We found this bird only at the summit of the White pass, head of 
Lynn canal. (Bishop.) From the coast to the Rocky mountains; 
at Ashcroft, Clinton and Burrard inlet. Taken at Port Simpson by 
Mr. W. B. Anderson. (Fannin.) Rare winter visitant at Chilli- 
wack; breeds above the timber line in the Coast range; some of the 
specimens seen at Lake Okanagan may have been this species; 
typical specimens taken in the winter in the Cariboo district, B.C. 
(Brooks.) Found tolerably common on the summit of Mount Arrow- 
smith, Vancouver island, July 1gth, 1887. (Macoun.) One speci- 
men seen on top of a mountain at the foot of Chilliwack lake, B.C., 
July 20th, 1901. (Spreadborough.) 
European Linnet. 
Linota cannabina L. 
Two specimens were seen in a flock of English sparrows at Toronto, 
Ont. in January, 1890, by Mr. Wm. Loan who took one alive. This 
bird was identified by Mr. Ernest Seton who says : ‘‘ The question 
how the birds came here is not easily answered for this could not 
have been a cage bird escaped as its breast still bore the rosy tinge 
that so soon is lost in captivity.”” (J. H. Fleming.) 
