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between the Skagit river and Chilli wack lake up to 5,000 feet altitude ; 

 both old and young seen in July; flocks observed at Agassiz, B.C., 

 May 14th, 1889 ; seen Q-jing in large flocks at Huntingdon and Chilli- 

 wack, B.C., feeding on the seeds of the western birch; two seen May 

 9th, 1893, at Victoria, Vancouver island; common in flocks at Gold- 

 stream, Qualicum and Comox in June. (Spreadborough.) An abun- 

 dant summer resident on both slopes of the Coast range. (Lord.) 

 Extremely abundant; arriving and departing in enormous flocks. 

 (Streator.) Throughout the province; an abundant resident; ap- 

 pearing in great flocks during fall and winter at Victoria. {Fannin.) 

 Common resident at Chilliwack, B.C. ; an abundant winter resident at 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C. {Brooks.) A very abundant resident in all 

 localities, B.C. {Rhoads.) 



Heard occasionally on Queen Charlotte islands, B.C. ; three 

 specimens were secured from a large flock at Tyonek, Cook inlet, 

 Alaska, in September; no others were seen. {Osgood.) This bird 

 was noted on the Yukon river at Windy island. Lake Tagish (about 

 lat. 60°, B.C.), Lower Lebarge, Selwyn river, Sixty-mile creek, 

 Dawson, and Forty-mile-creek, Yukon District ; also at Circle City, 

 Tatondu river and Charlie creek in Alaska. {Bishop.) Two ex- 

 amples in yellowish juvenal plumage were taken at Homer, Alaska, 

 on September 8th, 1901. Very common during early summer on 

 Kenai peninsula, Alaska, where many large flocks were seen migrat- 

 ing to the northward during July. A few more seen during August 

 and September, and I am inclined to beUeve that it breeds very 

 rarely there. {Figgins.) 



Breeding Notes. — On the i6th of March, while at Christie's 

 camp, I saw a bird gathering material, and by watching her soon 

 located the nest. The female alone carried material, the male 

 accompanying her to and from the nest, singing constantly. A 

 very short stop was made at the nest. Evidently some material 

 was accumulated before it was arranged. A day or two after 

 finding the nest I went to Shulee early in the morning, going to 

 Two rivers, and thence through the woods to the camp. At this 

 date the ground was mostly covered with snow in the woods, 

 though it was rapidly melting. I found the nest completed. The 

 bird refused to leave the nest until I was nearly within reach; she 

 remained near, several times returning to the eggs for a moment. 

 The nest was placed well out towards the end of a Umb of a spruce 

 tree 27 feet above the ground. It was saddled on the limb and 



