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more to the north on the Anderson river. (Macfarlane.) This 
species arrives at Indian Head, Sask., in March, or before, and 
although they became tolerably common in April, all were gone by 
the 21st of that month; only two pairs were seen at Revelstoke, 
B.C., in April, 1890; none were seen at Banff the next year, so that 
it seems to be rare in the Rocky mountains; saw half a dozen at 
Penticton, B.C., April, 1903; one seen at Sumas prairie, Fraser river 
valley, October 4th, 1901; rather rare on Vancouver island. (Spread- 
borough.) Tolerably abundant in British Columbia. (Lord.) Seen 
only on Vancouver island, where two immature females were taken 
in September, 1899. (Streator.) The province at large; nowhere 
common; a few are found throughout the winter on the coast. 
(Fannin.) Common winter visitant at Chilliwack. Tolerably 
common at Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. (Brooks.) 
The only specimen of this bird from southeastern Alaska was 
obtained at Fort Kenai, Cook inlet, 19th May, 1869; over the entire 
portion of the territory from Behring sea, east to the British boun- 
dary, and north to the Alaskan mountains, it is a resident, rather 
common some places but nowhere abundant. (Nelson.) This 
species is found throughout the Yukon district; it is a resident, 
breeding wherever found in summer. (Turner.) An immature 
bird in the brown plumage was shot at Hope, Cook inlet, Alaska, 
September, 1900 ; several others were seen at Homer. (Osgood.) 
During the fall of 1899, this bird (¢nvictus) was met with in the 
Kowak valley, Cook inlet, Alaska. (Grinnell.) Two specimens 
were taken at Homer on September 15th, 1901. Several shrikes 
were seen on Kenai mountains, Alaska, just above the edge of the 
timber line. They were found in pairs during the entire summer 
and no doubt breed there. (Figgins.) One adult male at Moose 
camp, Alaska, October rst, 1903. (Anderson.) 
BREEDING NoTeEs.—I have only met with this shrike nesting at 
Toronto once. I took a nest on May 28th, 1887; it contained five 
eggs and was situated quite conspicuously on the horizontal branch 
of a maple near the end and about fifteen feet from the ground. The 
nest was bulky, the outside of sticks and strings, with a few bright 
labels from meat tins worked in; the lining was of cow hair and felt; 
the nest was much larger than the white-rumped shrike builds. (/. 
H. Fleming.) At Ottawa I have taken its nest in a low cedar tree. 
