414 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [no. 27. 



"Athabasca Lake."" These specimens, which formed the basis of 

 the earliest published records of the species, with the exception of 

 the original description, he found in the collection of Mr. Lead- 

 beater.'' Richardson, evidently referring to the same record, states 

 that the species " frequents the * * * eastern declivity of the 

 Rocky Mountains, in latitude 5G°." ° Concerning the species Macoun 

 says: 



Not uncommon at Edmonton, Alberta, between April 16th and May 14th, l.s«>7, 

 when they disappeared. Two specimens were seen on the trail between Lessor 

 Slave Lake and Peace River Landing, Atha., in June, and a pair with young 

 just able to fly at Dunvegan, latitude 5(5°. July 2(i. 1903. ( Spreadborough. ) 



He records also three specimens taken at Edmonton, Alberta, May 

 14. 1898.'* 



Pinicola enucleator leucura (Midi.). Eastern Pine Grosbeak. 



Pine grosbeaks occur throughout the greater part of the wooded 

 region in summer, but in winter mainly withdraw from at least its 

 northern half, and become very abundant southward. 



A male taken on a large lake a few miles south of MacTavish Bay, 

 on August 23, 1903, and another taken on the south shore of Great 

 Bear Lake a few miles east of Manito Islands, on September 14, prove 

 referable to the eastern race. In each case only a single bird was seen. 



King recorded pine grosbeaks, probably referable to this race, from 

 Fort Reliance, Great Slave Lake, and from Artillery Lake.' Speci- 

 mens from Fort Rae and Fort Resolution, recorded in the bird cata- 

 logue of the National Museum, were also probably of this form. 



Pinicola enucleator montana Ridgw. Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak. 



Macoun mentions that two were seen by Spreadborough on a moun- 

 tain on the north side of Miette River, near Jasper House, August 

 29, 1898/ 



J. Alden Loring saw several pine grosbeaks in the mountains 

 between Jasper House and Smoky River, Alberta, in the late summer 

 of 189G, which probably were referable to this form. 



Pinicola enucleator alascensis Ridgw. Alaska 1*5110 Grosbeak. 



During our investigations in this region, the first pine grosbeaks 

 referable to this form were seen at Fort Franklin. September 20, 1903, 

 when two specimens were taken from a small flock which was feeding 

 on the seeds of dwarf birch (Betula nana) near the shore of the lake. 



" Am. Orn., II, pi. 15. fig. 1. desc. pp. 7<>, 78, 1828. 



6 Regarding probable source of these specimens, see p. 61. 



c Fauna Boreal i-Americana. II. p. 269, 1831. 



''Cal. Canadian Birds, Part III. p. 416, 1!>04. 



'Narrative Journey to Arctic Ocean, I. p. 14V), 1S30. 



f Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. lis, 1904. 



