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common; common at Old Wives creek, Sask., May, 1895; it was 
evidently breeding at 12-Mile lake, near Wood mountain, Sask., 
June 6th, 1895; a few individuals were seen at Waterton lake in 
July, 1895; common in thick woods from the head of Lesser Slave 
lake to Peace River Landing, in lat. 56° 15’, in June, 1903; first seen 
at Edmonton, Alta., May 29th, 1897, common by June Ist, soon 
commenced nesting along the river and smaller streams; common in 
willow thickets from Edmonton to Athabaska pass in June, 1898; 
one observed at Crow Nest lake, Rocky mountains, July 28th, 1897, 
and breeding at Banff, Rocky mountains, in July, 1891; a few seen at 
Revelstoke, B.C., in May, 1890; in June they were found nesting 
in low thickets on small poplar trees at Deer Park and Pass creek, 
near Robson on the Columbia river; one observed at Rossland, B.C., 
in 1902; one seen at Osoyoos lake, June, 1905. (Spreadborough.) 
One pair seen at Lac La Biche river, 30 miles below Athabaska 
Landing, Alta. In June and July, 1889, it was abundant at Kam- 
loops and along the North Thompson river, B.C.; rather rare at 
Enderby near Sicamous, B.C. (J. M. Macoun.) 
This beautiful bird is found in summer as far north as lat. 58°. 
It frequents moist shady places in the Northwest Territories, flitting 
about among the moss-grown stems of the tall willows that skirt 
every marsh in these quarters. (Richardson.) North to Fort 
Good Hope on the Mackenzie river; common. (Ross.) British 
Columbia. (Lord.) Common summer resident in the interior; 
breeds. (Streator.) Found throughout the province, but nowhere 
common. (Fannin.) Well represented all over the interior of 
British Columbia. (Rhoads.) Regularly east of, and accidentally 
west of, the Coast range in British Columbia. Breeding through- 
out the Cariboo district of British Columbia. (Brooks.) 
BREEDING Notes.—In June and July nests with eggs are found 
around Ottawa and Lake Nominingue, 10o miles north of it, in 
bushes and trees from four to twenty feet high; they are made 
of flexible bark, ornamented on the outside with the white bark 
of the birch, and are often lined with a few feathers or hairs, Nests 
2.50 xX 2.50 and 2x 1.50. (Garneau.) Builds an elegant nest in 
upright crotch from 5 to 25 feet from the ground; nest is composed 
of plant down and vegetable fibre and bark strips, lined with fine 
grass, rootlets and a little hair; eggs 4, white, thickly sprinkled over 
