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feet from the ground in a rotten birch at Kenora. (W. E. 
Saunders.) 
730. Pygmy Nuthatch. 
Sitta pygmea pygmea VIG. 1839. 
British Columbia. (Lord.) Found only at Ducks where it was 
as common as the others. (Streator.) I have only found this bird 
east of the Coast range. (Fannin.) Rather common at Lake 
Okanagan, B.C. in winter. Confined to the regions of Pinus pond- 
erosain B.C.,in summer. (Brooks.) Only found, and that sparingly, 
at Vernon near Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Rhoads.) Common on the 
hill-sides in the scattered timber at Penticton, Lake Okanagan, B.C.; 
it builds its nest in holes in trees anywhere from 6 to 40 feet from the 
ground; they have a remarkable way of caulking up the holes and 
seams in the trees around their nest with hair; they sometimes work 
ro or 12 days making the nest; on April 15th, 1903, found a pair 
building their nest; chopped the same out May 1st and found six 
eggs; the bird covered them with feathers on leaving the nest so I 
suppose she had not finished laying. A pair building a nest in a hole 
in a tree in the town of Midway, B.C., April, 1905 and one seen at 
Sidley. (Spreadborough.) 
CCLXXVI. PENTHESTES ReEIcHENBACH. 1850. 
735. Chickadee. 
Penthestes atiricapillus atricapillus (LINN.) RipGw. 1904. 
Locally common in timbered parts of northeastern Labrador. 
(Bigelow.) J am informed by credible persons long resident in 
the country, that two species of chickadees occur at Northwest 
river, at the head of Hamilton inlet. (Packard.) Common and 
resident throughout the year on Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Most 
abundant along the Humber river, Newfoundland, 1899. (Lows 
Hl. Porter.) 
Abundant resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Common in 
Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tufts.) Common at Baddeck and Margaree, 
Cape Breton island, N.S., July, 1898; quite common in woods at 
Brackley beach, Prince Edward island, June, 1888. (Macoun.) 
Occasionally, small roving families were encountered on Prince 
