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ground. (W. Raine.) A common resident at Penetanguishene, 

 Ont. {A. F. Young.) An adult female taken at Fort Churchill 

 many years ago is recorded by Clarke. {E. A. Preble.) 



727a. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis acvleata (Cass). Ridgway. 1874. 



One specimen taken on Sumas prairie, B.C., October loth, 1894. 

 {E. F. G. White.) We have not seen Mr. White's specimens but 

 they are probably this variety. Ridgway cites a Vancouver island 

 station. 



727c. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. 



Sitta carolinensis Nelsoni Mearns. 1902. 



Somewhat rare ; summer resident of woodlands ; its distribution 

 seems to be much the same as that of the oak (Q. macrocarpa.) 

 (E. T. Seton.) One observed in the Crow Nest pass. Rocky moun- 

 tains, July 29th, 1897; not common at Revelstoke, B.C.; a few 

 were seen in a piece of green timber near the railway station on 

 May 12th, 1890; rather common at Deer park and Robson on the 

 Columbia river; breeding in both localities ; four seen at Cascade, 

 B.C., June, 1902; not uncommon in mountain woods at Spence 

 Bridge, B.C., May, 1889; only observed two specimens at Penticton, 

 B.C., April, 1903; common at Elko, B.C. in coniferous woods, May 

 2oth, 1904; observed a few near Midway, B.C., and a few breeding 

 at Sidley in April, 1905. (Spreadborough.) Rather common at 

 Lake Okanagan, B. C, in winter, associating with chickadees; in 

 summer confined to the region of Pinus ponderosa in B.C. (Brooks.) 

 British Columbia. (Lord.) Very common in the interior; breeds. 

 (Streator.) Common east of coast range; I found them very abun- 

 dant on the wooded hills above Comwallis. (Fannin.) Abounds in 

 the wooded hills of the interior of British Columbia. (Rhoads.) An 

 abundant resident in Manitoba, and observed in 1906 along the 

 G. T. P. railway west to Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) Fairly com- 

 mon in late autumn at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) 



728. Red-breasted Nuthatch. 



Sitta canadensis Linn. 1766. 



Audubon, Vol. IV., p. 179, states that he saw one in Labrador, 

 which had probably been driven there by a storm. (Packard.) 



