350 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



placed on the limb of a spruce tree in the tork of the branch ; 

 tolerably common throughout British Columbia from Revelstokfe 

 westward on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway to 

 Sicamous, Spence's Bridge and Agassiz ; common everywhere 

 near the International Boundary between Trail and Cascade, 

 B.C., in 1902. Seen at Chilliwack, B.C. ; also at McGuire's 

 ranch on the Chilliwack River, June, 1901 ; first seen near 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island, May 19th, 1893 ; a common summer 

 resident ; saw them later in the season at Comox. (Spread- 

 borough^ This species was found in the neighbourhood olf Cum- 

 berland House, on the Saskatchewan, frequenting moist, shady 

 woods by the banks of the rivers and lakes. It probably extends 

 its summer range to the shores of Great Slave Lake. {Richardson^ 

 One female secured July 1st, 1898, at Point Barrow, Alaska. ( Witmer 

 Stone.) North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River ; rare. 

 {Ross.) British Columbia. {Lord.) Not common on the coast 

 but abundant in the interior ; breeds. {Streator) A common 

 summer resident east and west of the Coast Range. {Fannin.) 

 Common summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Not abun- 

 dant but represented in all localities visited in British Columbia. 

 {Rhoads.) Specimens were taken at Haines Mission and Skagway, 

 Lynn Canal. In the Yukon valley, from Windy Island, Lake 

 Tagish to Little Salmon. It was more common at Miles Canon 

 than elsewhere on the Yukon, and here I found an unfinished 

 nest which resembled that of richardsonii, in the fork of a de4d 

 poplar about 10 feet from the ground. It was also seen 12 miles 

 above Circle City, Alaska. {Bishop.) This form has been 

 named " Alaska Wood Pewee." 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Fourteen ; two taken at Indian Head, Assa. ; one at Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains ; one at Revelstoke, B.C. ; one at Deer Park, 

 Columbia River ; one at Enderby, B.C. ; one at Agassiz, B.C. ; 

 one at Trail, B.C., 1902 ; three at Chilliwack, B.C. ; and two at 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island. 



CLXV. EMPIDONAX Cabanis. 1855. 

 --463. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 



Empidonax flaviventris Baird. 1858. 



Two received from Godthaab in Greenland in 1853. {Arct. 

 Man.) Apparently a common summer migrant in Newfoundland. 



