686 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Found on the summit of Mount Finlayson near Victoria on May 
17th, 1887, where they doubtless breed. (Macoun.) 
Shot east of Coast range. (Lord.) Large flocks were found 
about the meadows of the coast district during the fall migration. 
(Streator.) East and west of Coast range, abundant; found through- 
out some winters on Vancouver island. (Fannin.) Common mi- 
grant through the Fraser valley at Chilliwack; breeds above the 
timber line on the Coast range. (Brooks.) Province of British 
Columbia at large; breeding sparsely on the plateaus and mesas 
of the interior up to 4,000 feet. (Ahoads.) Very common at Sumas 
lake, Lulu island and Matasqui prairie, B.C., in September, 1894. 
(E. F. G. White.) <A bird thought to be this species was seen on a 
snow field in the mountains of Moresby island, Queen Charlotte 
islands, B.C., on June 23rd, 1900; comparatively few pipits were 
seen around Cook inlet, Alaska; one specimen was taken at Tyonek, 
September 18th. (Osgood.) This species arrives at Unalaska early 
in May and by the 19th had eggs on the hillsides. They seem to 
breed along the whole coast of northern Alaska and on many of the 
islands in Behring sea. (Nelson.) This species occurs throughout 
the territory of Alaska, including the Aleutian islands. It is found 
in the greatest abundance in the interior of the mainland, especially 
at Fort Yukon; it rarely visits St. Michael except in the fall. (Tur- 
ner.) A pair seen on a grassy tide-flat beyond Indian river at Sitka. 
Alaska, on June 1oth and the female secured; from the condition 
of the ovaries, I judged that it would have laid eggs within a week. 
(Grinnell.) During the autumn this bird was seen in all suitable 
localities (on the Kenai peninsula, Alaska) from timber line to 
an altitude of 4,000 feet. I did not observe it during the summer 
although I was in a good locality for it. (Figgins). Taken at 
Herendeen bay and Muller bay, Alaska in May and June, 1903, 
(Anderson.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.—I have sets taken by F. F. Payne at Cape 
Prince of Wales, Hudson strait, in June, 1888; also sets taken at 
Hamilton inlet, Labrador, June 30th, 1895, by Lambert Dicks, as 
well as sets taken at Nachvak, Labrador, June 15th, 1897; the 
Rev. I. O. Stringer found a nest and five eggs at Peel river, near 
the mouth of the Mackenzie river, June 25th, 1900, this was built 
of dried grass on the ground. (W. Razne.) 
