678 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



the 55th parallel. {Richardson.) Breeding over the lake country 

 east of the Coast Range; I found it abundant at Lac la Hache, 

 B.C.; it must range much farther north than this, probably to 

 Stewart's Lake, Lat. 54°. {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



■Five; four taken at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1,897; one taken 

 at Peace River Landing, July ist, 1903. 



Two sets of eggs, both taken at Edmonton, Alta., one of six 

 and another of seven eggs respectively, June lOth, 1897, all by 

 Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Family LIH. CERTHIID.S1, Creepers. . 



CCXLVin. CEETHIA Linn^us. 1758. 

 726. Brown Creeper. 



Certhia familiaris americana (Bonap.) Ridgw. 1873. 



Apparently a summer migrant in Newfoundland; but may not 

 migrate. {Reeks.) A rather common resident at Halifax, N.S. 

 {Downs.) A rather rare summer resident at St. John, N.B. 

 {Chamierlain!) A scarce permanent resident at Scotch Lake, 

 York Co., N.B. {W. IT. Moore ^ A common transient visitant 

 around Montreal; observed nearly all. the year ; a few possibly 

 breed and winter there. {Wini/e.) This bird is frequently met 

 with in eastern Quebec; taken at Beauport. {Dionne.) 



A common winter migrant around Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) I have frequently noticed this bird in the fall and early 

 spring, though but seldom in the summer; neither have I observed 

 it breeding in eastern ^Ontario, though it probably does. {Rev. 

 C.J. Young.) A very common resident in Parry Sound and Mus- 

 koka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Not very common in Algonquin 

 Park, Ont.; have not seen its nest. {Spreadborough) A common 

 migrant, but a rare summer resident around London, Ont. {W. 

 E. Saunders.) Common resident atGuelph, Ont.; more abundant 

 in autumn, winter and spring than in summer. {A. B. Klugh.) A 

 common resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young.) A 

 very rare summer resident of woodlands in eastern Manitoba 

 ( Thompson-Seton) 



Breeding Notes. — Have taken several nests at Ottawa, always 

 in deserted woodpecker's holes. The nests are made of grasses 



