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Eggs four, of a faint bluish-white colour. {G. R. White.) This 

 species nests at Ottawa and near Lake Nominigue, lOO miles north 

 of it. , The nest is composed of vegetable fibres, fine grass and strips 

 of bark, lined mostly with thistle-down and sometimes with hairs. 

 Nests in July and August and lays five or six eggs. {Gameau.) 

 Not very common at Toronto, Ont., and is a late breeder, seldom 

 having eggs before July I2th. {W.Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; one taken at Ottawa, December, 1888, by Mr. G. R. 

 White; three at Ottawa in October, 1890, by Mr. F. A.Saunders; 

 one at Toronto by Mr. S. Herring ; two at Bracebridge, X)nt., in 

 December, 1891, one at Indian Head, Assa., June, 1892, and two 

 at 12-Mile Lake, Assa., June, 1895, ^'^ by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Two sets of eggs. Onft of four eggs taken at Wakefield, Que., 

 on August isth, 1897, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves; one of five eggs 

 taken at Toronto, Ont., on July 30th, 1889, by Mr. W. Raine. 



529«. Pale Goldfinch. 



Astragalinus tristis pallidus Mearns. 1890. 

 Rocky Mountain plateau district of the United States north to 

 eastern British Columbia, western Manitoba, &c. {Ridgway.) 



5296. Willow Goldfinch. 



Astragalinus tristis salicamans (Grinnell) Ridgw. 1899. 

 Of irregular occurrence during early winter at Okanagan, B.C. 

 i^Brooks.) Chiefly confined to the mainland on both slopes of the 

 Coast Range and in the Rocky Mountain district. {Fannin.) 

 Abundant on both slopes of the Coast Range. (Lord.) Only 

 once specimen taken at Cascade, on the International Boundary, 

 B.C., in the summer of 1902. {Spreadborough!) 



MUSEUM specimens. 



One taken at Cascade, B.C., June, 1902, by Mr. Spreadborough, 



CXCII. SPINUS Koch. 1816. 

 533. Pine Siskin. 



Spinus pinus (WiLS.) Stejn. 1884. 

 Recorded as common in Labrador by Audubon. {Packard.) 

 Rather rare along the northeastern coast of Labrador in company 



