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(Spreadborough.) A common and permanent resident around 

 Prince Albert, Sask. (Coubeaux.) One specimen taken at the 

 Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Not rare at Atha- 

 baska Landing and up the river to Lesser Slave river; common at 

 Fort McMurray, lat. 56° 40', but rare up the Clearwater river to 

 Methye portage, seemingly displacing P hudsonicus ; common be- 

 tween Methye lake and Isle k la Crosse. (J. M. Macoun.) Accord- 

 ing to the dimensions given, the male bird seen at Carlton House by 

 Richardson belongs to this species. Length 5^ inches, length of 

 tail 2f inches. {Macoun.) Abundant along Great Slave river to 

 the delta. {E. T. Seton.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie 

 river. {Ross.) Common throughout the valleys of the interior. 

 {Streator.) I found this bird very common on the wooded hills 

 east of the Coast range, especially in the neighbourhood of Com- 

 wallis. {Fannin.) Abundant nearly everywhere around Lake 

 Okanagan, B.C., in winter. A common species in winter in the 

 Cariboo district of British Columbia. {Brooks.) Abounds in the 

 inter-mountainous regions of British Columbia up to 3,000 feet. 

 {Rhoads.) Turnagain arm and Tyanook, Cook inlet, Alaska. 

 {Osgood.) Sheep creek, Alaska. {Anderson.) It is probable that 

 all the above references from central British Columbia should go to 

 atricapillus as forming part of the so called western "colony." 



7356. Oregon Chickadee. 



Penthestes atricapillus occidentalis (Baird) Ridgw. 1904. 



Not uncommon in the woods at Agassiz, and Hastings, B.C., in 

 April and May, 1889; common at ChiUiwack, B.C., also along the 

 river to the head of ChiUiwack lake, in July, 1901 ; several seen at 

 Douglas, B.C., in 1906. {Spreadborough.) British Columbia. (Lord.) 

 Common in the coast reigon. {Streator.) A common resident west 

 of Coast range. {Fannin.) Abundant resident at ChiUiwack. 

 {Rhoads.) 



735c. Yukon Chickadee. 



Penthestes atricapillus turneri (Ridgw.) Ridgway. 1904. 



Alaska west and north of Cook inlet. {Ridgway.) This species 

 ranges through the Yukon district ; during a warm period of winter 

 these birds were occasionally seen at St. Michael. They retire to 



