CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 719 
(Spreadborough.) A common and permanent resident around 
Prince Albert, Sask. (Coubeaux.) One specimen taken at the 
Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Not rare at Atha- 
baska Landing and up the river to Lesser Slave river; common at 
Fort McMurray, lat. 56° 40’, but rare up the Clearwater river to 
Methye portage, seemingly displacing P. hudsonicus; common be- 
tween Methye lake and Isle ala Crosse. (J. M. Macoun.) Accord- 
ing to the dimensions given, the male bird seen at Carlton House by 
Richardson belongs to this species. Length 54 inches, length of 
tail 28 inches. (Macoun.) Abundant along Great Slave river to 
the delta. (FE. 7T. Seton.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie 
river. (Ross.) Common throughout the valleys of the interior. 
(Streator.) I found this bird very common on the wooded hills 
east of the Coast range, especially in the neighbourhood of Corn- 
wallis. (Fannin.) Abundant nearly everywhere around Lake 
Okanagan, B.C., in winter. A common species in winter in the 
Cariboo district of British Columbia. (Brooks.) Abounds in the 
inter-mountainous regions of British Columbia up to 3,000 feet. 
(Rhoads.) Turnagain arm and Tyanook, Cook inlet, Alaska. 
(Osgood.) Sheep creek, Alaska. (Anderson.) It is probable that 
all the above references from central British Columbia should go to 
atricapulus as forming part of the so called western ‘‘colony.”’ 
735d. Oregon Chickadee. 
Penthestes atricapulus occidentalis (BAIRD) RIDGW. 1904. 
Not uncommon in the woods at Agassiz, and Hastings, B.C., in 
April and May, 1889; common at Chilliwack, B.C., also along the 
river to the head of Chilliwack lake, in July, 1901; several seen at 
Douglas, B.C.,in 1906. (Spreadborough.) British Columbia. (Lord.) 
Common in the coast reigon. (Streator.) A common resident west 
of Coast range. (Fannin.) Abundant resident at Chilliwack. 
(Rhoads.) 
735¢c. Yukon Chickadee. 
Penthestes atricapulus turnert (RIDGW.) RIDGWAY. 1904. 
Alaska west and north of Cook inlet. (Rzdgway.) This species 
ranges through the Yukon district; during a warm period of winter 
these birds were occasionally seen at St. Michael. They retire to 
