7O4 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



June 4th to loth, and I took a male there, June 6th. (Bishop). 

 Very common on all the Queen Charlotte islands, it is practically 

 the only bird to be found in the deep forest away from the sea-shore. 

 On the occasions when we attempted to penetrate the labyrinth of 

 undergrowth towards the interior of the islands, we were always 

 greeted, even in the darkest places, by the tiny wren's bright bubbling 

 song or scolding chatter. It is always in motion and utterly regard- 

 less of the weather. During continuous rains while we were camped 

 at the head of Cumshewa inlet, a wren would appear every few hours 

 near the front of the tent and, after scolding us for a while, move on 

 through the wet brush cheerfully and oblivious of the descending 

 rain. I flushed a bird from an empty nest in the upturned roots of 

 a large fallen cedar, June 15th. I visited this nest frequetly and 

 flushed the bird from it each time, but up to June 28th it still con- 

 tained no eggs. Four specimens only were collected, two adults and 

 one young from Cumshewa inlet and one young from Skidegate. 

 These do not differ from specimens from the adjacent mainland of 

 British Columbia and from Puget sound near the type locality of 

 Anorthura h. pacificus. (Osgood.) Common at Stanley park, Sey- 

 mour creek, Mission City and Chilliwack, B.C., in 1894. (E. F. G. 

 White.) 



722b. Kadiak Wren, 



Olbiorchilus hiemalis helleri (Osgood) Oberh. 1902. 

 Kadiak island, Alaska, resident. (Ridgway.) 



723. Alaskan Wren. 



OlbiorchilTis alascensis (Baird) Oberh. 1902. 



The type of this wren was obtained by Mr. Dall at St. George 

 island, Alaska, and is a young bird. It is an abundant resident on 

 the Near islands; it is found throughout the Aleutian islands and 

 is a resident wherever found. (Nelson.) This pleasing little bird is 

 found in abundance on all the Aleutian chain proper; it was also 

 observed at Kadiak island, Unga island, and on the mainland at 

 Belkoosky; it never goes to the interior of even a small sized island, 

 but remains strictly among the cliffs, bluffs, and other high places 

 forming the seasides of the islands. (Turner.) Not uncommon on 

 St. George island in Behring sea, Alaska; a number of specimens 

 were taken in June, 1897. (J. M. Macoun.) 



