CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 721 
Columbia, but not in the Rockies. (Rhoads.) Rather common in 
spring at Golden, on the Columbia river; also in the Selkirk moun- 
tains, B.C. (E. F. G. White.) 
739. Alaskan Chickadee. 
Penthestes cinctus alascensis (PRAZAK.) RIDGWAY. 1904. 
On June ist, 1864, a nest of this species containing seven eggs 
was found near Fort Anderson in a hole in a spruce stump at a 
height of six feet from the ground. This was the first discovery of 
the nest of this bird on the American continent. It was composed 
of a moderate quantity of hare or rabbit fur, intermixed with a 
sprinkling of dried moss. (Macjfarlane.) The habitat of this bird 
includes, as far as known, the spruce forests in northeastern Siberia, 
extending across a very similar region in the northern half of Alaska 
and reaching the Anderson river on the east. (Nelson.) Several 
specimens of Parus were obtained from various localities in the 
Yukon district. They were referred to the species cinctus. Later 
examinations show that these are identical with P. obtectus, Cab. 
(Turner.) 
740. Hudsonian Chickadee. 
Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus (FoRST.) RIDGWAY. 1904. 
From the shores of Hudson bay, northwestward to Alaska (north 
and west of Cook inlet), as far as the valley of the Kowak river. 
(Ridgway.) Abundant everywhere in the wooded tracts. Young 
were obtained, July 19th, 1882, at Davis inlet, and early in August at 
Fort Chimo. (Packard.) Observed a number about fifteen miles 
inland from Richmond gulf, July 6th, 1896; next observed at George 
river, September 18th, where they were common. (Spreadborough.) 
A moderately common winter migrant at Ottawa; early fall records 
are October 31st, 1883, and October 20th, 1889. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) Mr. Kay saw a pair at Port Sydney, Muskoka, in Novem- 
ber, 1892; one record from Richmond hill, thirteen miles north of 
Toronto, Ont. (J. H. Fleming.) I watched for a considerable time 
at close range a specimen of this bird near London, Ont., January 
27th, 1907. It was feeding with a mixed lot of chickadees and red- 
polls. (W.E. Saunders.) We first met this species on the Echima- 
mish river, June 24th. We noted it again at Robinson portage, 
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