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at Chilliwack, B.C. in the spring of 1901 ; abundant at Pen- 

 ticton, feeding on seeds of bull pine, April, 1903; a common sum- 

 mer resident on Vancouver Island; flocks seen almost every day 

 near Victoria in the spring of 1893; also at Salt Spring Island and 

 Comox, the same year. {Spreadborough.) An abundant summer 

 resident on both sides of the Coast Range. {Lord) From July 

 i6th to September, pairs were seen about Ducks, B.C., flying from 

 tree to tree looking for food. Later, a few flocks were seen on the 

 coast-flying south. {Strector.) An abundant resident throughout 

 the province. {Fannin.) Tolerably common; an irregular visitant 

 to the lower Fraser valley; resident in the mountains; common 

 in Cariboo district in the winter of 1899 and summer of 1900 ; 

 abundant at Okanagan, B.C., in the winter of 1897-98. {Brooks.) 

 Co-extensive with coniferous forests af all elevations, east and 

 west of Coast Range, B.C. {Rhoads.) Along the southeastern 

 coast of the territory in the vicinity of Sitka and the adjoining 

 regions, this is a rather common bird but in only one instance has 

 it been taken north of the Alaskan mountains. {Nelson.) Flocks 

 of these birds frequented the tops of the tallest firs at Sitka, 

 Alaska, where on account of their quietness they may easily 

 escape notice. {GtinjwU.) Osgood took a red crossbill and saw 

 another at Unalaska, October 5th, 1899. We did not see any on 

 the Yukon. {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have a set of 4 eggs collected by L.Dicks 

 at Cartwright,' Labrador, April 20th, 1895. The nest was built in 

 the top of a cedar, [?] and was composed externally of twigs and 

 roots and the interior lined with animal fur and feathers. The- 

 eggs are greenish white, spotted chiefly at the larger end with 

 dark brown and grey and average in size 75 x -58. {W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Fourteen ; one taken at London, Ont., in April, 1885, by Mr. W. 

 E. Saunders; three taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains, July, 1891, 

 one taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C., June, 1890, one at 

 Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, two at Chilliwack, B.C. in June, 1931, and 

 six at Penticton, B.C., in April, 1903, all by Mr.W. Spreadborough. 



522. White-winged Crossbill. 



Loxia leucoptera Gmel. 1788. 

 A rare straggler in Greenland ; a few taken in South Green- 

 land. {Arct. Man.) Abundant at Fort Chimo, Labrador, some- 



