CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 471 
rare but sometimes quite common as in the winter of 1906-07. (W. 
E, Saunders.) Abundant winter visitant at Penetanguishene early 
in October. (A. F. Young.) Eight specimens, including one in 
juvenal plumage, were collected at York Factory, Hudson bay, 
July 12th to 16th, 1900, where the birds were abundant, and a very 
bright male was taken at Fort Churchill, July 23rd. (£. A. Preble.) 
A few seen about the ship in the spring at Fullerton, Hudson bay 
in 1903 ; common on the east side of Hudson bay to the northern 
tree limit. (A. P. Low.) 
An abundant fall and winter visitor in Manitoba; feeding on 
the seeds of various plants. (E. T. Seton.) Abundant winter resi- 
dent at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) Very abundant winter resident 
throughout Manitoba, but not known to breed. (Atkinson.) A few 
specimens were seen on the Clearwater river below Methye portage; 
common on the portage. (J. M@. Macoun.) A common and regular 
winter visitor near Prince Albert, Sask., arriving in small flocks 
nearly at the same time as the pine grosbeak and remaining some- 
times late in the spring. (Couwbeaux.) This neat and hardy bird 
is one of the permanent residents in the Northwest Territories 
where it may be seen in the coldest weather on the banks of lakes 
and rivers, hopping among reeds and carices or clinging to their 
stalks. (Rzchardson.) North to Fort Good Hope on the Mackenzie 
river; abundant. (Ross.) Common on Pike portage, 1o miles east of 
Fort Reliance, July 30,1907,and thence northward to the edge of the 
woods. Evidently on its breeding grounds. (E£. T. Seton.) This 
species was just as abundant as the Greenland redpoll in the wooded 
country, and we procured as many nests as of it. (Macfarlane.) 
This species was seen in large flocks at Indian Head, Sask., during 
the first three weeks of April, 1892, after which they all disappeared. 
April 7th, 1894, saw a flock of sixteen at Medicine Hat, Sask.; two 
specimens were seen at Edmonton, Alta. on April roth, 1897 ; 
common in flocks around Revelstoke, B.C., up to the last of April, 
1890; seen at the lower end of Lower Arrow lake, Columbia river, 
June 18th, 1890. (Spreadborough.) An abundant summer resident 
in British Columbia. (Lord.) Common throughout the province. 
(Fannin.) Irregular winter visitant at Chilliwack; common winter 
resident at Lake Okanagan, B.C., also common in the Cariboo dis- 
trict in winter. (Brooks.) This species is found in Alaska in smaller 
numbers than the preceding. On the southeastern coast of the ter- 
