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birds and the nest torn down on July I2th. Another nest was on 

 a dead limb of a small hemlock. The nest, like the wood-pewee's, 

 is built on the upper side of the limb. {^Rev. C.J. Young ^ A nest 

 taken at Ottawa was built on a horizontal branch of a tree. It 

 was built of gray lichen lined with soft plant down. Eggs two, 

 pure white, blushed with pink. (G. R. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two ; one taken at Ottawa, the other at Toronto, Ont., by Mr. 

 S. Herring. 



One set of two eggs taken at Toronto, June loth, 1891, by Mr. 

 W. Raine. Nest in the fork of an apple tree. Another nest taken 

 near Ottawa in the fork of a plum-tree ; built of the usual gray 

 lichen, {Partnelia saxatilis). 



429. Black-chinned Humming-bird. 



Trochilus alexandri Bourc. & Muls. 



Confined to the mainland ; on both slopes of the Coast Range. 

 {Famdn.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; not common. {Brooks.) 

 This species was found in some abundance at Agassiz, B.C., in 

 May, 1889, and a few at Spence's Bridge, B.C., on the mountain 

 back from the bridge. {Spreadborougk.) 



museum specimen. 



One specimen ; taken at Agassiz, B.C., May 13th, 1889, by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



CLVIII. SELASPHORUS Swainson. 1831. 



433. Rufous Humming-bird. 



Selasphorus rufus (Gmel.) Swains. 1831. 



This species was discovered at Nootka Sound by Captain Cook, 

 and I have before me one of the identical specimens. {Richardson.) 

 This species is a summer resident at Sitka and beyond, thus 

 occurring far along the coast of the North Pacific. {Nelson.) 

 Tolerably common in the more open clearings about Sitka, Alaska, 

 and along the quiet shores of the secluded inlets. A nest with 

 eggs nearly hatched was found on June loth. It was five feet 

 from the ground on a horizontal branch of a fir tree. {Grinmll.) 



