CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 665 



brous roots, lined with fine grass ; the nest contained four greenish 

 hite eggs marked with reddish brown dots. {G. R. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Six; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; one at 

 ttawa, May i6th, 1888, by the writer and another taken August 

 3th, 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders; one at Old Wives' Creek, Assa., 

 [ay 23rd, 1895, and two at Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, all 

 / Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Three sets of four eggs each; one set taken at Aylmer, Que., 

 me 9th, 1898, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves ; one taken at Medicine 

 [at, Assa., May 3rd, 1894, by Prof. Macoun ; nest under a bush; 

 le taken on Point Pelee, Lake Erie, May 31st, 1884, by Mr. W. 

 . Saunders. 



CCXLI. SALPINCTES Cabanis, 1847. 



[5. Rock Wren. 



Salpinctes obsoletus (Say) Cab. 1847. 

 One male of this species was seen in the east end of the 

 ypress Hills, Assa., June 26th, 1894; it was also taken at Cal- 

 iry, Alta., in August, 1885; a pair of these birds was noticed on 

 ine 14th, 189s, in the " bad lands," on Rocky Creek, south of 

 ^ood Mountain; the species was common along Milk River, and 

 eeding in numbers at Castellated Rocks, Alta., in July, 1895; 

 w one individual at Prairie Creek, northwest of Edmonton, 

 Ita., June 29th, 1898 ; rather common along the railway at 

 jence's Bridge, B.C., in May, 1889, it was evidently breed- 

 g. {Spreadborough.) Migrant on Vancouver Island and at 

 mias. {Lord.) Rather common about Ashcroft ; breeds. 

 >treator.) Common east of the Coast Range; one specimen 

 ken by me at Burrard Inlet in 1884. {Fannin.) Only once seen 

 id shot, in November, 1889, at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Found 

 pout Ashcroft and northward to Cache Creek, B.C.; also at Kam- 

 ops where one was nesting in a " section " house, ten feet from 

 e railroad tracks. {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM specimens. 



Two; one taken at the " bad lands " south of Wood Mountain,' 

 3sa.,June 14th, 1895, ^"^ o"^ taken at Spence's Bridge, B.C., June 

 th, 1889, both by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



