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borough; one set of four eggs taken at LanSdoWne, Ont., Ju 

 6th, 1888, by Rev. C. J. Young; nest a few inches from the grou 

 in a field, in clump of wild plum and spiraea. 



6816. Pacific Coast Yellow-throat. 



Geothlypis trichas arizela Oberholser. 1899. 

 Pacific coast region of southern British Columbia to Californ 

 Taken at Comox, Vancouver Island. (Oberholser) First seen 

 Revelstoke, B.C., on May 15th, 1890, later they became comm 

 and commenced to breed, the males were very much in eviden< 

 late in June they were found breeding at Robson, on the Colu 

 bia River; one individual was observed in a marsh at Sheep Cret 

 on the International Boundary in May, 1902; quite common 

 thickets along the North Thompson at Kamloops, B.C., in Jui 

 1889; very common in wet woods at Agassiz, B.C., in May, 188 

 observed a number at Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901; s; 

 one at Huntington on the International Boundary, B.C., in autuir 

 rather rare on Vancouver Island, a few taken in 1893. {Sprei 

 borough.) Common everywhere; breeds. {Streator.) A comm 

 summer resident throughout the greater portion of the provin( 

 {Fannin.) An abundant summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brook 

 Rare on Vancouver Island, abundant at Lulu Island in the Fras 

 valley, and about the shores of reedy lakes in the interior 

 British Columbia. {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine; two taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889, one at Chilliwac 

 B.C., May 27th, .1901, two at Burnaby Lake, near Vancouver, 

 C, in April, 1889, three at Revelstoke, B.C., in May, 1890, a 

 one at Robson, Columbia River, June 21st, 1890, all by Mr. '' 

 Spreadborough. 



eCXXXI. ICTERIA ViEiLLOT. 1807. 



683. Yellow-breasted Chat. 



Icteria virens (Linn.) Baird. 1^65. 

 The only specimen of this species I ever collected was on \i 

 May, 1884, when I found a dead individual near rny house wh( 

 it was probably killed by a telegraph wire. A week or so aft( 



