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common; common at Old Wives creek, Sask., May, 1895; it was 

 evidently breeding at 12-Mile lake, near Wood mountain, Sask., 

 June 6tli, 1895; a few individuals were seen at Waterton lake in 

 July, 1895; common in thick woods from the head of Lesser Slave 

 lake to Peace River Landing, in lat. 56° 15', in June, 1903; first seen 

 at Edmonton, Alta., May 29th, 1897, common by June ist, soon 

 commenced nesting along the river and smaller streams ; common in 

 willow thickets from Edmonton to Athabaska pass in June, 1898; 

 one observed at Crow Nest lake. Rocky mountains, July 28th, 1897, 

 and breeding at Banff, Rocky mountains, in July, 1891 ; a few seen at 

 Revelstoke, B.C., in May, 1890; in June they were found nesting 

 in low thickets on small poplar trees at Deer Park and Pass creek, 

 near Robson on the Columbia river; one observed at Rossland, B.C., 

 in 1902; one seen at Osoyoos lake, June, 1905. {Spreadborough.) 

 One pair seen at Lac La Biche river, 30 miles below Athabaska 

 Landing, Alta. In June and July, 1889, it was abundant at Kam- 

 loops and along the North Thompson river, B.C.; rather rare at 

 Enderby near Sicamous, B.C. (/. M. Macoun.) 



This beautiful bird is found in summer as far north as lat. 58°. 

 It frequents moist shady places in the Northwest Territories, flitting 

 about among the moss-grown stems of the tall willows that skirt 

 every marsh in these quarters. {Richardson.) North to Fort 

 Good Hope on the Mackenzie river; common. {Ross.) British 

 Columbia. {Lord.) Common summer resident in the interior; 

 breeds. {Streator.) Found throughout the province, but nowhere 

 common. {Fannin.) Well represented all over the interior of 

 British Columbia. {Rhoads.) Regularly east of, and accidentally 

 west of, the Coast range in British Columbia. Breeding through- 

 out the Cariboo district of British Columbia. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — In June and July nests with eggs are found 

 around Ottawa and Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it, in 

 bushes and trees from four to twenty feet high; they are made 

 of flexible bark, ornamented on the outside with the white bark 

 of the birch, and are often lined with a few feathers or hairs, Nests 

 2.50 X 2.50 and 2 X 1.50. {Garneau.) Builds an elegant nest in 

 upright crotch from 5 to 25 feet from the ground; nest is composed 

 of plant down and vegetable fibre and bark strips, lined with fine 

 grass, rootlets and a little hair; eggs 4, white, thickly sprinkled over 



