CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 535 
summer at Chilliwack and at Huntingdon, B.C. on the International 
Boundary; a few seen at Douglas, B.C., in April, 1906. An abun- 
dant summer resident at Victoria, Vancouver island; nesting by 
April 9th, 1893. Doubtless common over the whole island, as it 
was seen at Sooke, Comox and Nanaimo, although in 1907, only a 
few were seen at Clayoquot sound in September. (Spreadborough.) 
The occurrence of this bird in Alaska was first made known by the 
capture of eight specimens at Sitka by Bischoff; it was afterwards 
taken by Bean at Sitka. (Nelson.) A single specimen of this bird 
was obtained at Unalaska island, April 8th, 1879, where it was shot 
by a native. (Turner.) Numerous in open bushy places at Sitka, 
Alaska. This junco_was one of the commonest land birds there. 
(Grinnell.) Not common on Queen Charlotte islands. It was very 
seldom seen near the coast and but few were noticed on the moun- 
tains. (Osgood.) Tolerably.common at Skagway and more so at 
Haines Mission. At Skagway, I took a female and four fresh eggs, 
May 31st. The nest of dried grass, lined with short, white hairs, 
was sunk in the ground and concealed by dead weeds under a birch 
only about 30 feet above the waters of Lynn canal. (Bzshop.) 
Mr. Rhoads, after discussing the differences between this form 
and the next, says:—‘‘I think it safe to say that birds indistinguish- 
able from oregonus breed on the better watered mountains of the 
interior of British Columbia. The only approach to shufeldti is 
found in birds from the most arid lowlands and most eastern Rockies, 
but their differences are too slight and fortuitous to warrant a dis- 
tinction.” 
5676. Shufeldt Junco. 
Junco oreganus shufeldti (COALE) R1mpGW. 1901. 
In company with two hyemalis at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897, 
and in the Rocky mountains south of Yellowhead pass, in July, 
1898; apparently accidental in the Rocky mountains, one taken at 
Canmore, near Banff, in May, 1891; very common and breeding in 
the Columbia river valley from Revelstoke to the International 
boundary, where a large series of birds was taken in 1890 and 1902. 
Common from the Columbia to Vancouver island. West of the 
Coast range, it becomes mixed with the Oregon junco; very abun- 
dant at Penticton, south of Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903; abundant 
