Breeding Notes.— A few pairs nest in northern Assiniboia and 

 northern Alberta. I have a beautiful nest and four eggs that were 

 collected by Dr. George near Innisfail, Alberta, March 5th, 1899. 

 The nest was built in a willow seven feet from the ground and is 

 a bulky compact nest with thick felt-like walls of wool, moss, 

 feathers and hair. Dr. George remarked that at the time the eggs 

 were collected the thermometer registered several degrees below 

 zero. On March loth, 1900, Mr. John Wright found a nest and 

 four eggs at Horn Hill, northern Alberta. This nest was built in 

 a willow and is a deep cup-shaped nest, very warm and well lined 

 and has to be as the young nestlings are of^en exposed to 15° 

 below zero. On March i8th, igoo, Dr. George found a nest con- 

 taining one egg, in northern Alberta. This nest was also found in 

 1 willow. It will be seen, therefore, that this bird is the earliest 

 breeder of all Canadian birds, having eggs in northern Alberta in 

 the middle of March, at a time when the thermometer registered 

 below zero. I have yet another set of eggs and nest that were 

 :ollected by Mr. Hugh Richardson in north Saskatchewan, April 

 2nd, 1896. {W.Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three ; one taken at Ottawa by Mr. S. Herring. Two fine 

 specimens taken at Indian Head, Assa., in April, 1892, by Mr. W. 

 Spreadborough. 



i 84^. Rocky Mountain Jay. 



Perisoreus canadensis capitalis Ridgw. 1873. 



Only seen in the Rocky Mountains at Lat. 49°, where, however, 

 it was common and doubtless bred. The specimens secured in 

 this locality show the restricted dark areas of the head, upon 

 ivhich the variety captitalis is based. (Coues.) Only observed on 

 Sheep Mountain, Waterton Lake, Rocky Mountains, in July, 1895 '< 

 quite common and breeding at Banff, Rocky Mountains, in the 

 summer of 1891 ; common high up in the Rocky Mountains from 

 Moose Mountain, south of the Bow River Pass to Crows' Nest 

 Pass in July., 1897; on June 6th, i890,a young one was shotat Deer 

 Park, Lower Arrow Lake, B.C., and later it was seen at Pass Creek, 

 lear Robson, B.C., and common in the Gold Range, B.C., in 1889. 

 One pair seen on the mountains between the North Thompson 

 River and the Bonaparte at an altitude of 4,500 feet. Observed 



