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■56° 15', in June, 1903. {Spreadborougk.) At Clandeboye Bay, 

 Lake Manitoba, June 13th, 1894, 1 found the nest and four eggs of 

 this species about seven feet up in a willow. At Oak Lake, Mani- 

 toba, May 23rd, 1893, I found a nest and four eggs of this species. 

 It is rather rare in Assiniboia. {W. Raine) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



^ Seven; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; one 

 taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., June 8th, 1900, one taken at Peace 

 River Landing, June 15th, 1903, and four at Edmonton, Alta.,' 

 May 22nd, 1897, all by Mr. Spreadborough. , 



One set of four eggs taken at Wolfville, N.S., June 9th, 1901, by 

 Mr. H. F. Tufts. Nest hanging from a hemlock bough about seven 

 feet from the ground. It was made of bark and fragments of 

 hornets' nests, lined with dry grass. 



629a. Cassin's Vireo. 



Vireo solitaritts cassinii (Xantvs) Hensh. 1874. 

 Rather rare at Canmore, but breeding in June, 1891; not uncom- 

 mon at Deer Park, Columbia River, and found breeding on Pass 

 Creek at Robson, B.C.; common in thick woods on the Interna- 

 tional Boundary between Trail and Kettle River, B.C., in the 

 summer of 1902; apparently rare in the Fraser valley, only taken 

 atAgassizand Westminster Junction, 1889; common at Chilliwack^ 

 B.C. in the spring, observed young out of the nest by June 5th, ^ 

 1901; first seen at Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 27th, 1893, 

 common by May sth; apparently common at Comox, Nanaimo^ 

 Sooke, and Stubb's Island on the west coast. {Spreadborough^ 

 Sumas and Vancouver Island. {Lord?) Rare, only two specimens 

 ta^en, one at Ashcroft, the other at Ducks. {Streator.) East and 

 west of Coast Range; summer resident. (Fannin?) Summer resid- 

 ent at Chilliwack; not common. {Brooks.) This species is repre- 

 sented by specimens from nearly every locality in British Columbia, 

 including Vancouver Island, Lac La Hache and Vernph ; it is 

 found in the open timber at higher elevations. {Rhoads.) 



museum SPECIMENS. 



Fourteen; one taken at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 27th, 

 1891; one at Robson and another at Deer Park, Columbia River, 

 B.C.; two at Trail, B.C., in May, 1902; one at Chilliwack, B C, 



