674 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



mens only were collected, two adults and one young from Cum- 

 shewa Inlet and one young from Skidegaie. These do not differ 

 from specimens from the adjacent mainland of British Columbia 

 and from Puget Sound near the type locality of Anorthura h. 

 pacificus. {Osgood.) Common at Stanley Park, Seymour Creek, 

 Mission City and Chilliwack, B.C., in 1894. {E. F. G. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; two taken at Revelstoke, B.C., April, 1890, two at Hast- 

 ings, Burrard Inletj B.C., in April, 1889, four at Chilliwack, B.C., 

 June, 1901, two at Victoria, Vancouver Island, April, 1893, all 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



723; Alaskan Wren. 



Olbiorchilus alascensis (Baird) Oberh. 1902. 

 The type of this wren was obtained by Mr. Dall at St. George 

 Island, Alaska, and is a young bird. It is an abundant resident on 

 the Near Islands; it is found throughout the Aleutian Islands and 

 is a resident wherever found. {Nelson) This pleasing little bird 

 is found in abundance on all the Aleutian chain proper; it was 

 also observed at Kadiak Island, Unga Island, and on the main- 

 land at Belkoosky; it never goes to the interior of even a small 

 sized island, but remains strictly along the cliffs, bluffs, and other 

 high places forming the seasides of the islands. {Turner.) Not 

 uncommon on St. George Island in Behring Sea, Alaska; a num- 

 ber of specimens were taken in June, 1897. (/• ^- Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three; taken June 28th, 1897, on St. George Island, one of the 

 Pribylof group, by Mr. J. M. Macoun. 



723 1. Aleutian Wren. 



Olbiotchilus meligerus Oberholser. 1902. 

 Attu Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, June 4th, 1894. Range, 

 the westernmost islands of the Aleutian group. {Oberholser \n The 

 Auk, Vol. XVII., 1900.) 



CCXLVI. CISTOTHORUS Cabanis. 1850. 



724. Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



Cistothorus stellaris (Licht.) Cab. 1850. 

 A male of this species was seen at London, Ont, in 1898, and 

 several old nests were found but no females were seen. {W. E. 



