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the spruce bush I noticed a very noisy flycatcher ; its note was 

 loud, and its habits were much like those of the great crested 

 flycatcher. After some trouble, for it was very shy, and kept 

 chiefly among the topmost branches of certain dead trees, I suc- 

 ceeded in getting it. It proved to be a male olive-sided flycatcher; 

 length seven inches; stomach full of flies. {Tkompson-Seton.) One 

 specimen seen at Indian Head, Assa., 1892. Not observed any- 

 where in the prairie region, but common at Banff, Rocky Moun- 

 tains, Alta., in 1891, where it was breeding in numbers ; in the 

 spring of 1890 it was common at Revelstoke and west to Eagle 

 Pass where they were breeding; this species was also common at 

 Deer Park, Lower Arrow Lake ; and Robson, Columbia River, 

 where they had young ; common on the International Boundary 

 between Trail and Cascade, 1902 ; this species was seen at various 

 points in B.C.; at Sicamous and Spence's Bridge high up on the 

 mountains in 1889 ! observed one at Chilliwack, B.C., June 5th, 

 one at McGuire's ranch June i6th ; also one at Deer Ridge, 

 August loth, 1901 ; a summer resident throughout Vancouver 

 Island ; in burnt forest quite common. {Spreadborough.) Only 

 one specimen of this species was procured. It was shot on the 

 banks of the Saskatchewan as it was flying near the ground. 

 {Richardson.) North to Fort Resolution on Great Slave Lake ; 

 rare. {Ross.) One specimen shot on Athabasca River, a short 

 distance above Grand Rapids, June, 1888. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 A single specimen of this bird was brought to me from 

 the lower Yukon in Lat. 63°, and is the only instance of its 

 capture on record in Alaska. {Nelson.) A specimen from Fort 

 Kenai, Cook's Inlet, is in the National Museum at Washington. 

 It is an adult male taken by Bischoff May 26th, 1869. {Osgood.} 

 At Six-mile River I took a female of this species and heard it at 

 Bennett and shot one, but not found at Carribou Crossing, B.C., 

 about Lat. 60°. {Bishop.) British Columbia. {Lord.) A 

 not uncommon and generally distributed summer resident. 

 {Streator.) East and west of Coast Range ; a common summer 

 resident. {Fannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; not com- 

 mon. {Brooks.) Breeding at high altitudes in the east Coast 

 Range and Rocky Mountain districts of B.C. {Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — Rare in the counties of Leeds, Renfrew, 

 etc. In the county of Leeds I twice identified this bird. As this 

 was in the summer, it may occasionally breed, as it is reported to 

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