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latitude 56° 15' in June, 1903; observed from Edmonton to Atha- 

 baska pass in June, 1898; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 

 1897 ; on June 8th, found a nest with seven eggs in a hole in a birch 

 stub about six feet from the ground, nest built of sticks and lined 

 with feathers; eggs quite fresh; on the nth took another nest in a 

 poplar stub about four feet from the ground; nest same as before; 

 common south of Calgary in the foothills in June and July; rare at 

 Banff, Rocky mountains, and breeding in holes in trees in June, 1891 ; 

 shot at Revelstoke, B.C., May 3rd, 1890; a few pairs were breeding 

 at Robson, B.C. ; a nest was taken out of a hollow tree on Pass creek, 

 700 feet above the Columbia river, June 20th, 1890; observed a few 

 at Trail, on the Columbia river, near the 49th parallel; breeding ia 

 holes in houses and trees in the summer of 1892; occasionally seen 

 at Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889; rather common at Heney, Ham- 

 mond and Agassiz, along the Eraser river, B.C., in May, 1889; they 

 were around the barns and houses like the house wren; common at 

 Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 190 1, and at Douglas, B.C., May 2nd, 

 1906; first seen on Vancouver island, April 27th, 1893; it is a toler- 

 ably common summer resident throughout the island, in May the 

 woods everywhere were vocal with its song. (Spreadborough.) 

 Rather common in British Columbia. (Lord.) Common summer 

 resident ever5r«rhere ; breeds. (Streator.) A summer resident east 

 and west of the Coast range. (Fannin.) Common summer resident 

 at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) I never found this wren above the 2,000 

 feet limit. It is not as abundant or evenly distributed in the in- 

 terior as coast-wise. (Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — Quite common throughout the prairie region, 

 breeding in holes in trees or in clay banks of rivers. At Walsh's 

 ranch. Old Wives creek, Sask., they were nesting in holes in ash- 

 leaved maple. At Wood Mountain post, Sask., nests were taken 

 in clay banks; on June 21st, 1895, a nest was taken on Frenchman 

 river, Sask., in a clay bank. On the outside it was built of willow 

 twigs and roots and within lined with large feathers and hair. (Ma- 

 coun.) 



CCLXXI. OLBIORCHILUS Oberholser. 1902. 

 722. Winter Wren. 



Olbiorchilus hiemalis hiemalis (Vieill.) Oberh. 1902. 

 Audubon, Vol. II., p. 129, found this species in southern Labrador, 

 July 2oth, 1833. (Packard.) A common and abundant resident 



