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but rare. (Ross.) Little is known respecting the habits of this 

 bird. It was first seen by us at Carlton House, on the Saskatche- 

 wan, on the 19th May, flitting about for a few days among the low 

 bushes on the banks of the river, after which it retired to the moist, 

 shady woods lying to the north. (Richardson.) North to Fort 

 Simpson on the Mackenzie river; rare. (Ross.) A summer resident 

 at Chilli wack. Breeding birds taken at Quesnel, B.C., in 1901 were 

 closer to alnorum than to typical traillii; the later is the species 

 breeding in the southern portion of the district. (Brooks.) Much 

 more common in the interior than on the coast of British Columbia ; 

 breeds. We place all Mr. Rhoads' specimens collected at Ashcroft, 

 Lac la Hache, Vernon and Lulu island, though named by him E- 

 pusillus, under this species. . (Streator.) 



A single male of this wide-spread little species was brought to me 

 from Nulato in the spring of 1878, and a second specimen was secured 

 at St. Michael the same season. (Nelson.) 



Most of the prairie^references above should doubtless go to alnorum. 

 466a. Alder Flycatelier. 



Evipidonax iraillii alnorum Brewst. 1895. 



Not a very common summer migrant in Newfoundland; fre- 

 quents woods in the neighbourhood of houses. (Reeks.) A rather 

 common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs; Tufts.) Com- 

 mon in margins of woods at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton 

 island, July, 1898; one taken at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward 

 island, July nth, 1888. (Macoun.) A few seen at Tignish, Prince 

 Edward island, in their favourite haunts, the alders. (Dwight.) 

 An uncommon summer resident in New Brunswick. (Chamber- 

 lain.) A tolerably common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B. (W H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport; a summer 

 resident in Qliebec. (Dionne.) A scarce summer resident in the 

 Montreal district ; breeds in Mount Royal park, where I have found 

 their nests with eggs from June 19th to July 30th, for several years 

 past. (Wintle.) A common summer resident in the Ottawa district. 

 (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Rather rare near London, but more 

 common to the north and east. (W. E. Saunders.) Not common 

 in Algonquin park, Ont. ; only a few seen on the Madawaska river 



