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woods and bluffs. This species commonl}- frequents the open woods 

 and willow thickets while virens seems to keep to the heavier, thicker 

 timber. {E. T. Seton.) This species was found in the neighborhood 

 of Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan, frequenting moist, 

 shady woods by the banks of the rivers and lakes. It probably 

 extends its summer range to the shores of Great Slave lake. (Richard- 

 son.) Fairly common in Manitoba breeding in willow thickets. 

 (Criddle.) More common than the preceding species in western 

 Manitoba and seen as far west as Battle river, Alta. (Atkinson.) 

 Dr. Bishop took an adult male in the Cypress hills, Sask., July 27th, 

 1906. (A. C. Bent.) First observed in 1892 at Indian Head, Sask., 

 on May 26th; a few were seen after this but they never became 

 common; common from Lesser Slave lake to the Peace river, Alta. ; 

 quite common at Banff, Rocky mountains, in the summer of 1891; 

 quite common and breeding in low woods at Revelstoke, B.C.; Deer 

 park. Lower Arrow lake and Pass creek, Columbia river, B.C.; 

 nests usually placed on the limb of a spruce tree in the fork of the 

 branch ; tolerably common throughout BritisHColumbia from Revel- 

 stoke westward on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to 

 Sicamous, Spence Bridge and Agassiz ; common everywhere near the 

 International Boundary between Trail and Cascade, B.C., in 1902, at 

 Elko in 1904 and Midway in 1905; seen at Chilliwack, B.C., and at 

 several places on the Chilliwack river, B.C. ; first seen near Victoria, 

 Vancouver island. May 19th, 1893; a common summer resident; saw 

 them later in the season at Comox. (Spreadborough.) One female 

 secured July ist, 1898, at Point Barrow, Alaska. (Witmer Stone.) 

 North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie • river ; rare. (Ross.) 

 British Columbia. (Lord.) Not common on the coast but abundant 

 in the interior; breeds. (Streator.) A common summer resident 

 east and west of the Coast range. (Fannin.) Common summer 

 resident at ChilUwack. (Brooks.) Not abundant but represented in 

 all localities visited in British Columbia. (Rhoads.) Specimens 

 were taken at Haines Mission and Skagway, Lynn canal ; in the 

 Yukon valley, from Windy island. Lake Tagish to Little Salmon. 

 It was more common at Miles canon than elsewhere on the Yukon, 

 and here I found an unfinished nest which resembled that of richard- 

 sonii, in the fork of a dead poplar about 10 feet from the ground. 

 It was also seen 12 miles above Circle City, Alaska. (Bishop.) 

 This form has been named "Alaska Wood Pewee." 



