670 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Breeding Notes. — Quite common throughout the prairie 

 region, breeding in holes in trees or in clay banks of rivers. At 

 Walsh's ranch, Old Wives' Creek, Assa., they were nesting in 

 holes in ash-leaved maple. At Wood Mountain Post, Assa., nests 

 were taken in clay banks; on June 21st, 1895, ^ "^^^ was taken on 

 Frenchman's River, Assa., in a clay bank. On the outside it was 

 built of willow twigs and roots and within lined with large 

 feathers and hair. {Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Eleven; one taken at Indian Head, Assa., June 6th, 1892, two 

 -at Old Wives' Creek, Assa., May, 1895, three at Medicine Hat, 

 Assa., May, 1894, two at Edmonton, Alta., June, 1897, o"^ ^t Can- 

 more, Rocky Mountains, May 24th, 1891; one at Cascade, B.C., 

 June I2th, 1902, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Four sets of eggs; one of six taken at Edmonton, Alta., June 

 nth, 1897, and another of seven taken June 8th, at the same place, 

 both by Mr. W. Spreadborough; one of five taken in the Cypress 

 Hills, Assa., July ist, 1895, ^"^ another of five at Medicine-Hat, 

 Assa., June 2nd, 1894, by Prof. Macoun. 



CCXLV. OLBIORCHILUS Oberholser. 1902. 



722. Winter Wren. 



Olbiorchilus hiemalis (Vieill.) Oberh. 1902. 

 Audubon, Vol. H., p. 129 found this species in southern Labra- 

 dor, July 20th, 1833. {Packard.) A common and abundant resident 

 throughout the year in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Not very com- 

 mon at Halifax ; a few breed in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Hunter's 

 River, Prince Edward Island, July 2nd, 1888. {Macoun.) Tolerably 

 common in damp woods along brooks, or sometimes in more 

 open localities in Prince Edward Island; {Dwigtit!) A common 

 summer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain^ Common 

 summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H. Moore.) 

 Locally abundant in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & 

 Cox.) Tolerably common on the Magdalen Islands. {Bishop.) 

 Not rare at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. Mac'oun.) 

 A common but transient visitant around Montreal ; observed in 

 both spring and autumn. {Wintle.) Common in many parts of 

 eastern Quebec. Taken at Charlesbourg. {Dionne.) 



