CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 



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stub. One nest was in an ash tree 50 feet from the ground. 

 (W.Raine.) A common resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A.F. 

 Young.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Five; two taken at Ottawa by the writer in May, 1888, and one 

 by Dr. F. A Saunders, Nov. ist, 1890; two at Bracebridge, Ont., 

 in Feb., 1892, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



One set of seven eggs taken at Sherkston, Welland Co., Ont., by 

 Mr. Edward Reinecke. 



. 727a. Slender-billed Nuthatch. 



Siiia carolitiensis aculeata (Cass.) Allen. 1872. 

 Somewhat rare; summei resident of woodlands; its distribution 

 seems to be much the same as that of the oak {Q. pmcrocarpa.) I 

 cannot concur that both forms of Sitta carolitiensis are found in 

 Manitoba; all that I have seen are nearer to aculeata than to the 

 typical sub-species. {Thompson-Seton.) 



One observed in the Crow's Nest Pass, Rocky Mountains, July 

 2gth, 1897; not common at Revelstoke, B.C.; a few were seen in a 

 piece of green timber near the railway station on May 12th, 1890; 

 rather common at Deer Park and Robson on the Columbia River; 

 breeding in both localities; four seen at Cascade, B.C. June, 1902; 

 not uncommon in mountain woods at Spence's Bridge, B.C., May, 

 1889; only observed two specimens at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903. 

 {Spreadborough.) Rather common at Lake Okanagan, B.C., in 

 winter, associating with chickadees; in summer confined to the 

 region of Pinus ponderosa in B.C. {Brooks.) British Columbia. 

 {Lord.) Very common in the interior; breeds. {Streator.) Com- 

 mon east of Coast Range ; I found them very abundant on the 

 wooded hills above Cornwallis. {Fannin.) Abounds in the wooded 

 hills of the interior of British Columbia. {Rhoads.) One specimen 

 taken on Sumas prairie, B.C., October loth, 1894. {E.F. G. White.) 



MUSEUM SPECIHIENS. 



Nine ; three taken at Deer Park, Columbia River, B.C., June, 

 1890; three at Cascade, B.C., June 26th, 1902; two at Penticton, 

 B.C., in April, 1903; one at Spence's Bridge, B.C., May 28th, 1889, 

 all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



