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Found on the summit of Mount Finlayson near Victoria on May 

 17th, 1887, where they doubtless breed. (Mocomm.) 



Shot east of Coast range. (Lord.) Large flocks were found 

 about the meadows of the coast district during the fall migration. 

 (Streator.) East and west of Coast range, abundant ; found through- 

 out some winters on Vancouver island. (Fannin.) Common mi- 

 grant through the Fraser valley at Chilliwack; breeds above the 

 timber line on the Coast range. (Brooks.) Province of British 

 Columbia at large; breeding sparsely on the plateaus and mesas 

 of the interior up to 4,000 feet. (Rhoads.) Very common at Sumas 

 lake. Lulu island and Matasqui prairie, B.C., in September, 1894. 

 (E. F. G. White.) A bird thought to be this species was seen on a 

 snow field in the mountains of Moresby island. Queen Charlotte 

 islands, B.C., on June 23rd, 1900; comparatively few pipits were 

 seen around Cook inlet, Alaska; one specimen was taken at Tyonek, 

 September i8th. (Osgood.) This species arrives at Unalaska early 

 in May and by the 19th had eggs on the hillsides. They seem to 

 breed along the whole coast of northern Alaska and on many of the 

 islands in Behring sea. (Nelson.) This species occurs throughout 

 the territory of Alaska, including the Aleutian islands. It is found 

 in the greatest abundance in the interior of the mainland, especially 

 at Fort Yukon ; it rarely visits St. Michael except in the fall. (Tur- 

 ner.) A pair seen on a grassy tide-flat beyond Indian river at Sitka. 

 Alaska, on June loth and the female secured; from the condition 

 of the ovaries, I judged that it would have laid eggs within a week. 

 (Grinnell.) During the autumn this bird was seen in all suitable 

 localities (on the Kenai peninsula, Alaska) from timber Une to 

 an altitude of 4,000 feet. I did not observe it during the summer 

 although I was in a good locality for it. (Figgins). Taken at 

 Herendeen bay and Muller bay, Alaska in May and June, 1903, 

 (Anderson.) 



Breeding Notes.— I have sets taken by F. F. Payne at Cape 

 Prince of Wales, Hudson strait, in June, 1888; also sets taken at 

 Hamilton inlet, Labrador, June 30th, 1895, by Lambert Dicks, as 

 well as sets taken at Nachvak, Labrador, June 15th, 1897; the 

 Rev. I. O. Stringer found a nest and five eggs at Peel river, near 

 the mouth of the Mackenzie river, June 25th, 1900, this was built 

 of dried grass on the ground. {W. Raine.) 



