CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 649 



River Landing, in Lat. 56° 15', in June, 1903; first seen at Edmon- 

 ton, Alta., May 29th, 1897, common by June ist, soon commenced 

 nesting along the river and smaller streams; common in willow 

 thickets from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass in June, 1898; one ob- 

 served at Crow's Nest Lake, Rocky Mountains, July 28th, 1897, and 

 breeding at Banff, Rocky Mountains, in July, 1891; a few seen at 

 Revelstoke, B.C., in May, 1890; in June they were found nesting 

 in low thickets on small poplar trees at Deer Park and Pass 

 Creek,, near Robson on the Columbia River; one observed at 

 Rossland, B.C., in 1902. {Spreadborough) One pair seen at Lac 

 La Biche River, 30 miles below Athabasca Landing, Alta. In 

 June and July, 1889, it was abundant at Kamloops and along the 

 North Thompson River, B.C.; rather rare at Enderby near Sica- 

 moiis, B'.C. (/. M. Macoun.) 



This beautiful bird is found in summer as far north as Lat. 58°. 

 It frequents moist shady places in the Northwest Territories, flitting 

 about among the moss-grown stems of the tall willows that skirt 

 every marsh in these quarters. {Richardson.) North to Fort 

 Good Hope on the Mackenzie River; common. {Ross.) British 

 Columbia. {Lord) Common summer resident in the interior; 

 breeds. {Streator.)^ Found throughout the province, but nowhere 

 common. {Fannin) Well represented all over the interior of 

 British Columbia. {Rhoads.) Regularly east of, and accidentally 

 west of, the Coast Range in British Columbia. Breeding through- 

 out the Cariboo district of British Columbia. {Brooks.) 



Breeding Notes. — In June and July nests with eggs are found 

 around Ottawa and Lake Nominingue, 100 miles north of it, in 

 bushes and trees from four to twenty feet high; they are made 

 of flexible bark, ornamented on the outside with the white bark 

 of the birch, and are often lined with a few feathers or hairs. 

 Nests 2*50 X 2-50 and 2 x i'50. {Gameau.) Builds an elegant 

 nest in upright crotch from 5 to 25 feet from the ground ; nest 

 is composed of plant down and vegetable fibre and bark strips, 

 lined with fine grass, rootlets and a little hair ; eggs 4, white, 

 thickly sprinkled over and spotted with brown, lilac and purplish. 

 {G. R. White.) They nest in June, building in upright crotches in 

 bushes 10-20 feet up; white birches seem to be the favorite tree 

 for their nests, probably on account of the position of the limbs; 

 the nest is firmly constructed of strips of bark, grasses and plant 

 down, lined with hair; eggs 3 or 4. {W. H. Moore) This is one 



