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inches high; I never saw this bird in Ontario. {Rev. C.J. Young.) 

 Mr. Kay saw a pair at Port Sydney, Muskoka, in November, 1892; 

 I have looked for it carefully in Parry Sound district but without 

 success; I have secured a single specimen at Toronto. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) We first met this species on the Echimamish River, 

 June 24th. We noted it again at Robinson Portage, three days 

 later, and found it common at Oxford House, where we secured 

 a male, July 3rd. We saw several on an island in Knee Lake, 

 July 5th, and a number at York Factory, July 13th, collecting two 

 on the latter date. On our return we saw several on Hill River, 

 September 3rd. {E. A. Preble.) Found only in the north and 

 east of Manitoba among the great coniferous forests; permanent 

 resident. {Thompson-Seton) Two specimens of this species were 

 secured at Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. {NutHng.) First 

 noticed at Sulphur Springs on the Clearwater River, about Lat. 

 56° 30', very common from there to Methye Portage and across 

 the portage, and from Methye Lake to Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) Shot one on May 7th, 1897 at Edmonton, Alta., the 

 only one seen; one seen at Bear Creek, Peace River, Lat. 56°, 

 August 5th, 1903; common in spruce woods along the Atha- 

 basca River at Jasper House, Alta., in June, 1898. {Spread- 

 borough) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River; 

 not common. {Ross.) This bird has been found throughout 

 the wooded portion of Alaska from its southern coastline 

 at Fort Kenai north through the Kuskoquim and Yukon River 

 regions to the northern tree-limit, well within the Arctic 

 Circle. {Nelson.) A number of specimens of this species was 

 obtained from Fort Yukon, Nulato and several from St. 

 Michael. It visits the coast only during the winter. It is a con- 

 stant resident of the wooded districts and in some localities is 

 quite abundant. {Turner) Very common at Tyonek, but rarely 

 seen at Hope; two specimens were taken at Fort Kenai by Bis- 

 choff. Cook's Inlet specimens do not seem to differ from those of 

 the Yukon and Kowak valleys. I am also unable to find any 

 appreciable differences between them and three birds recently 

 collected by E. A. Preble near the type locality of hudsonicus. 

 Consequently I do not agree that the specimens at present avail- 

 able warrant the recognition of Parus hudsonicus evura. From a 

 rather hasty examination of the material in the National Museum 

 there seems to be an average difference in the length of the tail 



