4l8 "^ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



A somewhat common winter visitor in Manitoba; possibly nest- 

 ing in the northern spruce woods. {Thompson- Seton) A male 

 was seen perched on a tree overhanging Hill River, near the 

 mouth of Fox River, July 8th, _igoo ; the species was reported to 

 us by the residents at Fort Churchill. {Edward A. Preble.) On 

 April iSth, 1892, shot a male at Indian Head, Assa., his stomach 

 was full of poplar and willow buds and a few seeds of the wild 

 buckwheat ; none was seen afterwards. {Spreadborough.) " This 

 species leads a quiet and retired life in the glomiest recesses of 

 the coniferous forests ; it is seldom seen. It was not observed 

 north of the sixtieth parallel by any member of the expedition. 

 It builds its nest on the lower branches of a tree and feeds chiefly 

 upon the seeds of the spruce. {Richardson.) North, on the Mac- 

 kenzie River, to Fort Good Hope ; not rare. {Ross.) In 1:he 

 spring of 1861 an Indian discovered a nest of this species about 

 60 miles south of Fort Anderson, we never discovered another. 

 {Macfarlane.) Tolerably common in small flocks and more 

 frequently seen along the banks of both branches of the Saskatch- 

 ewan. This bird is one of our constant winter visitors, arriving 

 about the end of October and leaving about the end of March. 

 {Coubeaux.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine ; three taken at Ottawa in December, 1888, by Mr. G. R. 

 White ; two taken at Ottawa in January, 1889, by Mr. S. Herring; 

 one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; two taken at 

 Bracebridge, Ont., March, 1892, and one at Indian Head, Assa., 

 April, 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



si5a. Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak. 



Pinicola enucleator montana 'RiDG^ . 1898. 

 This species was taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains in 1891 ; 

 both old and young birds seen atCanmore near Banff in June, 1885; 

 saw two on a mountain on the north side of the Miette River 

 near Jasper House, Alta., .August 29th, 1898 ; common around 

 Revelstoke, B.C., up to April 28th, 1890 ; their chief food was 

 buds of balsam poplar ; seen as late as May 23rd in the Eagle 

 Pass, B.C.; and one seen near the summit of a mountain at Rob- 

 son, Columbia River, B.C., June 24th, 1890 ; observed a small 

 flock at an altitude of about 5000 feet east of the Columbia R,iver 



