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At The Junction, single red-colored males were seen May 27, 29, 

 and 31. Another was noted some five miles west of Telegraph Creek, 

 June 12. At Doeh-da-on Creek, a mated pair was taken July 9, appar- 

 ently preparing to nest. On July 17, at the same place, a flock of seven 

 or eight was encountered, feeding near the ground in some thick 

 bushes ; on July 14 a brilliant red male was seen ; on July 22 a dull- 

 colored male was secured. The last mentioned was in full song; it 

 was beyond doubt a breeding bird. On August 2, at Flood Glacier, a 

 red male was seen singing in a tree top near camp. 



Five specimens collected (nos. 39867-39871), two adult males from 

 The Junction, May 29 and 31 ; the mated pair from Doch-da-on Creek, 

 July 9 (the male in the female plumage) ; a dull-colored male from 

 Doch-da-on Creek, July 22. These were identified as Pinicola enu- 

 cleator flammula by Dr. H. C. Oberholser, of the United States Bio- 

 logical Survey. 



Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (Gmelin). Eastern Purple Finch 

 "We had collected during most of the month of June in the vicinity 

 of Telegraph Creek without once encountering this species. Then on 

 July 5, in a section we had previously worked most thoroughly about 

 a mile from Telegraph Creek, we encountered several small flocks of 

 purple finches. Three were taken (nos. 39872-39874), a male and two 

 females, all birds that apparently were just through breeding. The 

 male is in the streaked female plumage, with just one pink feather on 

 the breast. Both females show some reddish on the rump. 



These birds are unequivocally of the subspecies purpureus, and 

 their capture at this point constitutes, I believe, a material extension 

 of range northwestward. The species probably breeds somewhere 

 within a few miles of where the birds were collected. 



Loxia curvirostra bendirei Ridgway. Bendire Crossbill 

 During the latter part of June a few red crossbills were seen flying 

 overhead in the vicinity of Telegraph Creek. On June 22 a small 

 flock was encountered, apparently a single family, and four birds were 

 collected (nos. 39876-39879), an adult male and three juvenals. It 

 is of interest to note that these birds are of the subspecies bendirei, 

 widely different in appearance from the form inhabiting the nearby 

 coastal region of Alaska. This would indicate that the range of the 

 small sized, red crossbill of the Pacific slope of British Columbia and 



