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belly; it answers fairly well to the description of flaviventris, but it 

 is very like an Acadian shot yesterday; evidently the species is 

 breeding here. {E. T. Seton.) Only one specimen at the Grand 

 rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting.) A regular migrant in 

 Manitoba and noted during the summer at the northern ends of 

 lakes Manitoba and Winnipegosis and about Cedar lake and the 

 mouth of the Saskatchewan river where it evidently breeds in the 

 spruce and moss-covered districts. {Atkinson.) 



Breeding Notes. — On May 23rd, 1893, at Oak lake, Manitoba, 

 found a nest of this species with four eggs. It was built on a mossy 

 log three feet from the ground in a swampy thicket. (yV. Raine.) 



464. Western Flycatcher. 



Empidonax difficilis difflcilis Baird. 1858. 



Taken at Banff, Rocky mountains, June, 1903. {W. E. Saun- 

 ders.) One seen at Penticton, B.C., April 27th, 1903, and several 

 at Douglas, B.C., May, 1906; abundant at Agassiz, B.C., in May, 

 1889; a nest was taken that was placed on a rocky ledge in a cool 

 retired place not far from a farmhouse ; it was also common at Port 

 Heney and Hastings, Burrard inlet ; taken at Chilliwack and McGuire 

 ranch, B.C., June, 1901; first seen at Victoria, Vancouver island, 

 April 26th, 1893; soon after they became common; they were also 

 abundant at Nanaimo, Comox, Sooke and Stubbs island, Barclay 

 sound. {Spreadborough.) Rather common but shy and difficult to 

 secure ; two males were taken at Cumshewa inlet. Queen Charlotte 

 islands. {Osgood.) A single specimen taken by Dr. Bean on June 

 5th, 1880, at Sitka is the only record of its capture in Alaska, but as 

 others were seen it is doubtless a summer resident. {Nelson.) 

 Common throughout the deep forests which border the streams 

 near Sitka, Alaska. A female was taken, June 30th, which con- 

 tained an egg ready to be laid. {Grinnell.) Common in the coast 

 region and more so in the interior; breeds. {Streator.) A common 

 summer resident east and west of Coast range. {Fannin.) Com- 

 mon summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Mr. Streator says 

 that this species while "common in the coast region is more so in 

 the interior." Not only is this disproved by the specimens taken 

 by him but by my own skins, all of which came from west of the 

 Coast range. {Rhoads.) Common at the Grand rapids of the Sas- 



