54 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



bove the timber line on all the mountains ascended around 

 le sources of the Athabasca River in 1898. {Spread- 

 trough^ I have taken the typical species as far west as Chilli- 

 ack, B.C.; a large flock seen once or twice on mountains to the 

 est of Lake Okanagan ; the typical species breeds on the high 

 lountains near Barkerville, Cariboo district, B.C. {Brooks.) A 

 ock of three birds was seen near Field, B.C., Rocky Mountains. 

 Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — As the nest and eggs of this bird have never 

 een recorded, I am pleased to describe them for the first time, 

 have a nest and four eggs with the parent bird that were taken 

 t Banff, 'Rocky Mountains, Alta., on June 9th,. 1892, by Mr. Wm. 

 ear. The nest is made of roots and fine bark lined with fine 

 rass and was built in a crevice of a rock, and the eggs are pure 

 hite, averaging ■90x65. (W.Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven ; two taken August 6th, 1891, on Mount Aylmer, Devil's 

 ake, Banff, Rocky Mountains and five on Moose Mountain, 

 )othills of Rocky Mountains, Alta., in July, 1887, by Mr. Spread- 

 3rough. 



Ua. Hepburn's Leucosticte. 



LeucosHcte tephrocotis littoralis i^kivji) CouES. 1872. 



The types of this form came from Sitka, and since then speci- 

 ens have been obtained from Sitka, Kadiak, British Columbia, 

 Wyoming and Rocky Mountain region as far south as Colorado. 

 Velson.) Abundant summer resident on both sides of the Coast 

 ange. {Lord.) We found this bird only at the summit of the 

 ^hite Pass, head of Lynn Canal. {Bishop) From the coast to 

 e Rocky Mountains ; at Ashcroft, Clinton and Burrard Inlet, 

 aken at Port Simpson by Mr. W. B. Anderson. {Fannin.) Rare 

 inter visitant at Chilliwack ; breeds above~ the timber line in the 

 Dast Range; some of the specimens seen at Lake Okanagan 

 ay have been this species; typical specimens taken in the winter 



the Cariboo district, B.C. {Brooks.) Found tolerably common 

 I the summit of Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, July 19th, 

 87. {Macoun.) One specimen seen on top of a mountain at 

 e foot of Chilliwack Lake, B.C., July 20th, 1901. {Spreadborough.) 



