704 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
June 4th to roth, and I took a male there, June 6th. (Bishop). 
Very common on all the Queen Charlotte islands, it is practically 
the only bird to be found in the deep forest away from the sea-shore. 
On the occasions when we attempted to penetrate the labyrinth of 
undergrowth towards the interior of the islands, we were always 
greeted, even in the darkest places, by the tiny wren’s bright bubbling 
song or scolding chatter. It is always in motion and utterly regard- 
less of the weather. During continuous rains while we were camped 
at the head of Cumshewa inlet, a wren would appear every few hours 
near the front of the tent and, after scolding us for a while, move on 
through the wet brush cheerfully and oblivious of the descending 
rain. I flushed a bird from an empty nest in the upturned roots of 
a large fallen cedar, June 15th. I visited this nest frequetly and 
flushed the bird from it each time, but up to June 28th it still con- 
tained no eggs. Four specimens only were collected, two adults and 
one young from Cumshewa inlet and one young from Skidegate. 
These do not differ from specimens from the adjacent mainland of 
British Columbia and from Puget sound near the type locality of 
Anorthura h. pacificus. (Osgood.) Common at Stanley park, Sey- 
mour creek, Mission City and Chilliwack, B.C., in 1894. (E. F. G. 
White.) 
722b. Kadiak Wren, 
Olbtorchilus hiemalts hellert (OSGOOD) OBERH. 1902. 
Kadiak island, Alaska, resident. (Ridgway.) 
723. Alaskan Wren. 
Olbiorchilus alascensis (BAIRD) OBERH. 1902. 
The type of this wren was obtained by Mr. Dall at St. George 
island, Alaska, and is a young bird. It is an abundant resident on 
the Near islands; it is found throughout the Aleutian islands and 
is a resident wherever found. (Nelson.) This pleasing little bird is 
found in abundance on all the Aleutian chain proper; it was also 
observed at Kadiak island, Unga island, and on the mainland at 
Belkoosky; it never goes to the interior of even a small sized island, 
but remains strictly among the cliffs, bluffs, and other high places 
forming the seasides of the islands. (Turner.) Not uncommon on 
St. George island in Behring sea, Alaska; a number of specimens 
were taken in June, 1897. (J. M. Macoun.) 
