CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 703 
matter, hair and feathers. This set was completed on the 8th of 
May and is the earliest date I have ever taken their eggs. Of the 
seven nests collected in this vicinity four contained six eggs each, 
and three five; all of these were built in the upturned roots of fallen 
trees, which is evidently their favourite nesting place, though it 
certainly builds in other situations. (Wm. L. Kells.) 
722a. Western Winter Wren. 
Olbtorchilus hiemalis pacificus (BAIRD) OBERH. 1902. 
Common in thick spruce woods from Lesser Slave lake to Peace 
River Landing, latitude 56° 15’, in June, 1903; observed one on 
Moose mountain, southwest of Calgary, June 30th, 1897, another 
observed in Crow Nest pass, July 28th, 1897; first seen at Revelstoke, 
on the Columbia, April roth, 1890, later they became more common 
and nested in the thick weods; quite common in thick woods at 
Trail on the 49th parallel in the summer of 1902; three specimens 
seen at Penticton, B.C., in April, 1903; common in the woods around 
Burrard inlet and Agassiz, on the Fraser river, B.C., April, 1889; 
common at Fernie, B.C., in 1904; seen near Midway, B.C., April, 
1905, and common between the Skagit river and Chilliwack lake and 
along the Hope trail in July of the same year; common at Douglas, 
B.C., where I found a nest in the roots of an upturned tree; abundant 
along the Chilliwack river, in the mountains near the 49th parallel; 
also observed a few at Huntingdon, B.C., nearer the coast in 1901; 
a common resident throughout Vancouver island, preferring thick 
woods. (Spreadborough.) Rather common, British Columbia. (Lord.) 
Confined principally to the coast region; breeds. (Streator.) A 
resident chiefly of the coast; abundant. (Fannin.) Common resid- 
ent at Chilliwack. Tolerably common throughout the winter at 
Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) Abundant on the coast of British 
Columbia. Two moulting birds from Selkirk mountains near Nelson, 
B.C., are even darker than skins from Puget sound. (Rhoads.) 
From Sitka, Bischoff sent four specimens during his collecting there, 
and others have been collected at Kadiak. (Nelson.) Tolerably 
common in the more open forests at Sitka, Alaska, where there is 
much recently fallen timber. Especially numerous on St. Lazaria 
island where their clear sprightly songs constantly uttered, seemed 
scarcely in accord with the harsh cries of the thousands of sea-fowl. 
(Grinnell.) We noticed a few at Glacier above Skagway, Alaska, 
