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warm side of a cedar or spruce hedge during the coldest winter 

 months around Toronto. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) A winter resident 

 at Guelph, Ont. {A. B. Klugh.) Has been found two or three 

 times near London, Ont., in late May, but no actual proof of breeding 

 is yet reported. An abundant migrant, remaining through mild 

 winters. {W. E. Saunders.) One seen on the lower Echimamish, 

 June 24th, 1 90 1. {E. A. Preble.) 



A very rare migrant ; but may breed in Manitoba. They are very 

 uncertain in their movements. {E. T. Seton.) A rare migrant at 

 Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) A regular but not common migrant 

 about the eastern half of Manitoba. (Atkinson.) Common in spruce 

 woods from Jasper House to the summit of the Rocky mountains, 

 in June, 1898; breed at Banff, Rocky mountains, but not so com- 

 mon as the ruby-crowned kinglet; common at Revelstoke, B.C., in 

 i8go, up to April 20th, when all disappeared; breeding in the woods 

 at Robson, B.C.; young shot, June loth, 1890; common on Sophie 

 mountain, on the International Boundary, B.C., at an altitude of 

 4,400 feet in 1902. (Spreadborough.) Seen near Grand Rapids of 

 the Saskatchewan, but none were secured. (Nutting.) Common 

 in the mountains southwest of Calgary, also in Crow Nest pass, July 

 28th, 1897. (Spreadborough.) 



Breeding Notes. — A set of seven eggs in my collection was taken 

 at Cartwright, Labrador, June 15th, 1895. The nest was suspended 

 from a branch of a spruce tree, 15 feet from the ground. (W. Raine.) 



748a. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



Regulus satrapa olivaceous Baird. 1864. 



Frequent in woods at Hastings, Burrard inlet, B.C., in April, 1889. 

 Saw a few at the foot of Chilliwack lake, B.C., July, 1901 ; common 

 at Huntingdon, B.C., on the International Boundary in September 

 of the same year; common on the Hope trail at head of Skagit river, 

 B.C.; one seen at Douglas, B.C., May 14th, 1906 and breeding at 

 Chilhwack lake, July 13th; a common resident on Vancouver island. 

 (Spreadborough.) Very plentiful on Vancouver island and in British 

 Columbia. (Lord.) Very common spring and fall migrant; a few 

 remain to breed. (Streator.) Abundant throughout the district 

 west of the Cascades. (Fannin.) Common winter resident, breeds 



