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more to the north on the Anderson river. (Macfarlane.) This 

 species arrives at Indian Head, Sa^k., in March, or before, and 

 although they became tolerably common in April, all were gone by 

 the 2ist of that month; only two pairs were seen at Revelstoke, 

 B.C., in April, 1890; none were seen at Banff the next year, so that 

 it seems to be rare in the Rocky mountains ; saw half a dozen at 

 Penticton, B.C., April, 1903; one seen at Sumas prairie, Fraser river 

 valley, October 4th, 1901 ; rather rare on Vancouver island. (Spread- 

 borough.) Tolerably abundant in British Columbia. (Lord.) Seen 

 only on Vancouver island, where two immature females were taken 

 in September, 1899. (Streator.) The province at large; nowhere 

 common; a few are fotmd throughout the winter on the coast. 

 (Fannin.) Common winter visitant at ChiUiwack. Tolerably 

 common at Lake Okanagan, B.C., in winter. (Brooks.) 



The only specimen of this bird from southeastern Alaska was 

 obtained at Fort Kenai, Cook inlet, 19th May, 1869; over the entire 

 portion of the territory from Behring sea, east to the British boun- 

 dary, and north to the Alaskan mountains, it is a resident, rather 

 common some places but nowhere abundant. (Nelson.) This 

 species is found throughout the Yukon district; it is a resident, 

 breeding wherever foxmd in summer. (Turner.) An immature 

 bird in the brown plumage was shot at Hope, Cook inlet, Alaska, 

 September, 1900 ; several others were seen at Homer. (Osgood.) 

 During the fall of 1899, this bird (invictus) was met with in the 

 Kowak valley, Cook inlet, Alaska. (Grinnell.) Two specimens 

 were taken at Homer on September 15th, 1901. Several shrikes 

 were seen on Kenai mountains, Alaska, just above the edge of the 

 timber line. They were found in pairs during the entire summer 

 and no doubt breed there. (Figgins.) One adult male at Moose 

 camp, Alaska, October ist, 1903. (Anderson.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have only met with this shrike nesting at 

 Toronto once. I took a nest on May 28th, 1887; it contained five 

 eggs and was situated quite conspicuously on the horizontal branch 

 of a maple near the end and about fifteen feet from the ground. The 

 nest was bulky, the outside of sticks and strings, with a few bright 

 labels from meat tins worked in; the lining was of cow hair and felt; 

 the nest was much larger than the white-rumped shrike builds. (/. 

 H. Fleming.) At Ottawa I have taken its nest in a low cedar tree. 



