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Pass in the Gold Range; occasional in woods at Spence's Bridge 

 and Kamloops, also at Agassiz and Westminster Junction in 1889; 

 abundant at Chilli wack; a few seen at McGuire's, and two observed 

 on the International Boundary at Huntingdon in 1901; a common 

 summer resident throughout Vancouver Island. {Spreadborough.) 

 Abundant summer resident everywhere. {Streator.) An abundant 

 summer resident throughout the province ; breeds on Vancouver 

 Island and mainland. {Fannin.) Common summer resident at 

 Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Fairly abundant and uniformly distributed 

 over the coasts, mainland and islands of British Columbia- 

 {Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — Mr. G. F. Dippie and myself have both 

 received eggs and skins of this bird from Red Deer, Alta.; on 

 June 3rd, 1898, Mr. Wenman found a nest on the Red Deer River, 

 it contained four eggs and was built in a poplar five feet from the 

 ground. {IV. Raine . ) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-seven; one taken at Athabasca Landing, Atha., May 29, 

 1888, by Mr.J.M.Macoun; three at Edmonton, Alta.,in May, 1897, 

 one taken at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 25th, 1891, two at 

 Banff, Rocky Mountains, June, 1891, four at Revelstoke, B.C., in 

 May, 1890, two at Deer Park, B.C., June, 1890, three at Trail, B.C., 

 May and June, 1902, one at Spence's Bridge, B.C., May 31st, 1889, 

 two at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, five at Chilliwack, B.C., in May, 

 1901, two at Huntington, B.C., in September, 1901, and one at 

 Comox^ Vancouver Island, June 20th, 1893, all taken by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



608. Scarlet Tanager. 



Piranga erythromelas Vieill. 1819. 



A few occur in the spring in Nova Scotia. {Downs?) Avery rare 

 summer resident in New Brunswick; has been taken at the Grand 

 Falls of the St. John. {Chamberlain.) A. rare summer visitor at 

 Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Taken at Lorette; 

 a rare summer visitor around Quebec. {Dionne) A transient 

 visitant, but common around Montreal; I have not seen it in the 

 autumn. {Wintle.) 



Moderately common summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) This handsome bird occasionally breeds near 



