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at Elko, B.C., building nests, May 15, 1904; common at Midway, 

 B.C., in 1905 and building nests by April 20; common on the Skagit 

 summit in July at 6,000 feet altitude; abundant in all parts of the 

 interior of British Columbia, but especially so at Spence Bridge; 

 builds a different nest from the eastern one; abundant at Chilli- 

 wack, Hastings and Huntingdon in the Fraser river valley in 1901 ; 

 a very abundant species in all parts of Vancouver island, only par- 

 tially migratory, many building b)' the middle of April. (Spread- 

 borough.) 



British Columbia. (Lord.) Very common everywhere; breeds. 

 (Streator.) Abundant throughout the province; partially migra- 

 tory; a number winter on Vancouver island. (Fannin.) Abundant 

 resident at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) Uniformly abundant every- 

 where in British Columbia. (Rhoads.) A few adults were observed 

 throughout the summer among the more open parts three or four 

 miles inland from Sitka, along the Indian river. Several large 

 flocks of juvenals appeared on July 25th and afterwards were 

 common. (Grinnell.) Common on the Queen Charlotte islands. 

 Its time of arrival at Massett, from 1891 to 1898, ranged from 

 February 20th to March i6th. (Osgood.) 



CCLXXXV. IXOREtJS Bonaparte. 1854. 

 763. Varied Thrush. 



Ixoreus noevius (Gmel.) Richmond, 1902. 



This species reached Revelstoke, B.C., by April 9th, 1890; for 

 a few days it was common in the thick woods, but soon left the 

 river bottom for the mountains ; in June it was found on the moun- 

 tains at Deer Park and was seen at Robson on June 24th at an 

 altitude of 4,200 feet; observed a few near Rossland and on Sophie 

 mountain, B.C., along the International Boundary in 1902; common 

 in all the thick woods along the Elk river, B.C., above Elko, breeding 

 in May, 1904; common in thick woods at Midway, B.C., in 

 1905, and common along the Hope trail and by the Skagit river; 

 shot at Burrard inlet, April 8th, 1889, quite common in the woods 

 at this time, but very retiring, usually sings at night; one 

 specimen seen at Chilliwack, June 8th, 1901, after this date 

 they were common along ChilUwack river up to the lake, breeding 

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