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vicinity of Brandon, Man., 1896. (Macoun.) One individual 

 was seen at Crane lake, Sask., June nth, 1894, and on the 25th 

 of the same month two pairs were seen on the east end of the 

 Cypress hills, Sask. ; seen June 27th 1895 in Farwell Creek 

 valley, in the Cypress hills, and on the 30th along Sucker creek, 

 Sask. ; common in the valley of Milk river, especially at Cas- 

 tellated rocks, also on St. Mary river and Lee creek, Alta., 

 and near Chief mountain at the base of the Rocky mountains. 

 (Spreadborough.) A pair taken at Maple creek, Sask., June 3rd, 

 1906. (A. C. Bent.) This very gay goldfinch is one of the 

 tardiest summer visitors in the Northwest Territories, and it 

 retires southwards in September after a stay of a little over three 

 months. (Richardson.) A tolerably, common summer resident 

 near Prince Albert, Sask., breeding throughout the region. (Cou- 

 beaux.) Some of the above references probably should go to pallidus 

 as our specimens from the prairie are nearly all that form. 



Breeding Notes. — ^A common breeding summer resident at 

 Ottawa, Ont. Its nest is often built in a white cedar, and is com- 

 posed of downy and other soft vegetable matter; a very neat and 

 compact affair, lined with horse hair, fine grass and down. Eggs 

 four, of a faint bluish-white colour. (G. R. White.) This species 

 nests at Ottawa and near Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it. 

 The nest is composed of vegetable fibres, fine grass and strips of 

 bark, lined mostly with thistle-down and sometimes with hairs. 

 Nests in July and August and lays five or six eggs. (Garneau.) 

 Not very common at Toronto, Ont., and is a late breeder, seldom 

 having eggs before July 12th. (W. Raine.) 



529a. Pale Goldfinch. 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus Mearns. 1890. 

 Rocky mountain plateau district of the United States north to 

 eastern British Columbia, western Manitoba, etc. (Ridgway.) First 

 seen at Indian Head, Sask., June ist, 1894, but common by the 12th; 

 eight were seen at 12-Mile lake, Sask., and two collected; one 

 specimen taken at Cascade, B.C. ; saw two at Penticton, B.C., April 

 2ist, 1904. (Spreadborough.) Goldfinches were fairly common in the 

 timber, especially along Maple creek, Sask. and with the exception 

 of the pair referred to above were nearer pallidus than tristis- 

 (A. C. Bent.) 



