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identity was not determined. Thirty miles below Holy Cross 

 Mission I took two, August 25th, and at the Aphoon mouth I 

 saw a small flock August 28th. Young-able to fly were taken July 

 7th, One taken, August 25th, had completed the moult into first 

 winter plumage, while an adult taken the same day was in fresh 

 plumage. {Bishop.) On the 26th October, 1898, 1 was hunting in 

 the willow bottoms along the Hunt River north of our winter 

 quarters on Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, when I met with this 

 species for the first time. {GrimieU) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Fifteen ; one taken at Peace River Landing, June 17, 1903; one 

 at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May 19, 1891, two at Edmonton,Alta., 

 April, 1897, five at Revelstoke.B.C, April, 1890, one at Deer Park, 

 Columbia River, B.C., June 7, 1890, two at Cascade, B.C., June 14, 

 1902, two at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, and one at Kamloops, 

 B.C., June 18, 1889, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



7356. Oregon Chickadee. 



Parus atricapillus occidentcdis (Baird) Coues. 1872. 

 Not uncommon in the woods at Agassiz, and Hastings, B.C., in 

 April and May, 1889; cofnmon at Chilliwack, B.C., also along the 

 river to the head of Chilliwack Lake, in July, 1901. (Spre&d- 

 ■borough.) British Columbia. {Lord) Common in the coast region. 

 {Streator.) A common resident west of Coast Range. {Fannin.) 

 Abundant resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Abundant in the 

 coast region of British Columbia. {Rhoads) Hartlaub records 

 two specimens of this form taken at Chilcat; he added also " on 

 February 17th, seen on the low bushes and deciduous trees near 

 the shore, summer and winter always in low thickets near coast.'' 

 {Nelson.) This species ranges through the Yukon district; during 

 a warm period of winter these birds were occasionally seen at 

 St. Michael. They retire to the interior in May and are not seen 

 on the coast in the summer months. {Turner) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine; four taken at Agassiz, B.C., May, i889,three at Chilliwack, 

 B.C., May, 1901, two at Huntington, B.C., October 4th, 1901, all 

 by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 

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