CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 683 



nest hole is that the orifice is smeared with rosin from the neigh- 

 bouring spruce or pine trees, carried by the bird. I did not notice 

 any nests in. the pine or spruce themselves. About Lansdowne, 

 Leeds Co., the bird is uncommon even in late spring. {Rev. 

 C.J.Young!) A common breeding resident in Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Abundant everywhere in 

 Algonquin Park, Ont., in summer. {Spreadborough.) A common 

 migrant in southern Ontario. Two specimens were noted near 

 Wiarton in North Bruce, Ont., on June igth, 1889, which were 

 probably breeding. {W. E. Saunders.) A passing migrant at 

 Guelph, Ont. {A.B.Klugh.) A common resident at Penetangui- 

 shene, Ont., throughout the year. {A. F. Young.) 



A very rare summer resident in Manitoba especially in the Red 

 River valley. (Thompson-Seton.) Very abundant in the fall migra- 

 tion at Aweme, Manitoba. (Norman Criddle.) One shot at Medicine 

 Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; a few seen on Lee's Creek, near Cardston, 

 Alta., in July, 1895; ri^*^ common in the Peace River country, very 

 few seen during the season of 1903; tolerably common in the 

 spruce woods at Edmonton, Alta., June 12th, 1897, found.a nest 

 in a hole in a live poplar about 16 feet from the ground, the young 

 were in the nest ; common from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass 

 in June, 1898 ; not uncommon in the foothills south to Crow's 

 Nest Pass; common and breeding in the woods at Banff, Rocky 

 Mountains, in the summer of 1891; a common summer resident at 

 Revelstoke, B.C.; and at Deer Park, and Robson, on the Columbia 

 River, where they were breeding in the thick woods; summer 

 resident near the International Boundary between Trail and Cas- 

 cade, B.C., in 1902; common both in the valley and on the hills at 

 Penticton, south of Lake Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903, nesting 

 quite early in April ; common in the coniferous woods at Kam- 

 loops, Spence's Bridge, Agassiz and Hastings, B.C., in 1889; ob- 

 served a few all summer in the woods all along the Chilliwack 

 River and Lake, in the Eraser valley in 1901; a common resident 

 throughout Vancouver Island. {Spreadborough.) Not rare between 

 Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave River; first seen May 29th; 

 not rare on the Clearwater River up to Methye Portage. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) British Columbia. {Lord) Common on the coast and 

 in the interior. {Streator.) Common east and west of Coast 

 Range; winters on Vancouver Island. {Fannin.) Tolerably com- 

 mon resident from the valley at Chilliwack to timber line on 



