700 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
latitude 56° 15’ in June, 1903; observed from Edmonton to Atha- 
baska pass in June, 1898; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 
1897; on June 8th, found a nest with seven eggs in a hole in a birch 
stub about six feet from the ground, nest built of sticks and lined 
with feathers; eggs quite fresh; on the 11th took another nest in a 
poplar stub about four feet from the ground; nest same as before; 
common south of Calgary in the foothills in June and July; rare at 
Banff, Rocky mountains, and breeding in holes in trees in June, 1891; 
shot at Revelstoke, B.C., May 3rd, 1890; a few pairs were breeding 
at Robson, B.C.; a nest was taken out of a hollow tree on Pass creek, 
700 feet above the Columbia river, June 20th, 1890; observed a few 
at Trail, on the Columbia river, near the 49th parallel; breeding in 
holes in houses and trees in the summer of 1892; occasionally seen 
at Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889; rather common at Heney, Ham- 
mond and Agassiz, along the Fraser river, B.C., in May, 1889; they 
were around the barns and houses like the house wren; common at 
Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901, and at Douglas, B.C., May 2nd, 
1906; first seen on Vancouver island, April 27th, 1893; it is a toler- 
ably common summer resident throughout the island, in May the 
woods everywhere were vocal with its song. (Spreadborough.) 
Rather common in British Columbia. (Lord.) Common summer 
resident everywhere; breeds. (Streator.) A summer resident east 
and west of the Coast range. (Fannin.) Common summer resident 
at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) I never found this wren above the 2,000 
feet limit. It is not as abundant or evenly distributed in the in- 
terior as coast-wise. (hoads.) 
BREEDING NotTes.—Quite common throughout the prairie region, 
breeding in holes in trees or in clay banks of rivers. At Walsh’s 
ranch, Old Wives creek, Sask., they were nesting in holes in ash- 
leaved maple. At Wood Mountain post, Sask., nests were taken 
in clay banks; on June 21st, 1895, a nest was taken on Frenchman 
river, Sask., in a clay bank. On the outside it was built of willow 
twigs and roots and within lined with large feathers and hair. (Ma- 
coun.) 
CCLXXI. OLBIORCHILUS OBERHOLSER. 1902. 
722. Winter Wren, 
Olbiorchilus hiemalis hiemalis (VIEILL.) OBERH. 1902. 
Audubon, Vol. II., p. 129, found this species in southern Labrador, 
July 20th, 1833. (Packard.) A common and abundant resident 
