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woods. The species was occasionally met with in the woods at 

 the head of China Creek, but was not common there. At Nootka 

 Sound it was not common at the head of the Tahsis Canal, 

 though quite abundant at Friendly Cove. A few were seen at 

 the head of Great Central Lake. 



By September the flocks encountered were of larger size, 

 being probably composed each of several families. Such flocks 

 were frequently met with in the woods at Errington. 



An adult female taken at Friendly Cove on August 9 is just 

 beginning the post-nuptial molt; adults shot at Errington on 

 September 19 and 24 have completed the change, except for a 

 few scattered pin feathers. The young birds molt from the 

 juvenal into the first winter plumage before the end of August ; 

 those taken during the first week in September are in the first 

 winter plumage throughout, and externally are indistinguishable 

 from adults. 



Forty specimens of this chickadee were collected (nos. 16538- 

 16577). twenty summer adults, fifteen juvenals, and two adults 

 and three immatures in fresh, winter plumage. In coloration 

 these Vancouver Island birds are indistinguishable from the 

 series at band from southern Alaska (the Sitkan district), but 

 they have decidedly longer bills. In this respect they show 

 an interesting approach toward Penthestes r. vivax of Prince 

 William Sound (Grinned, 1910, p. 414), though the character 

 is not quite so accentuated as in that race. The birds of the 

 Sitkan district, occupying an intermediate region, have thus 

 much smaller bills than the birds to the northward or to the 

 southward. In other external measurements and proportions the 

 Vancouver birds and the Sitkan district birds are indistinguish- 

 able. 



Regulus satrapa olivaceus Baird 

 Western Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 A fairly common species, and quite generally distributed. 

 Adults were seen and taken at points near Parksville ; at Beaver 

 Creek adults and juvenals in flocks together were frequently 

 encountered. A young female collected August 7 at Friendly 

 Cove has nearly accomplished the molt into the first winter 



