CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 693 



between the Alaska birds and the birds from the extreme north- 

 eastern United States., The birds from the west side of Hudson 

 Bay, however, are intermediate and apparently nearer to the 

 Alaska birds. In other words, as far as present material goes, 

 there are just as good grounds for the recognition of Parus hud- 

 sonicus littoralis Bryant, 1863, from Nova Scotia, as for P. h. evura 

 Coues, 1884, from Alaska. {Osgood.) 



Breeding Notes. — One nest of this species found at Scotch 

 Lake, N.B., was in a fir stub about 15 feet from the ground, the 

 hole was lined with hair and fur. Eggs 6, hatched June ist; June 

 28th, found a nest of six young birds ready to leave the nest. 

 {W. H. Moore.) I have several sets of eggs that were taken at 

 Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, in June, 1896. The bird lays six to 

 eight eggs in a hole in a decayed stub. {W. Raine) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three specimens taken at Miramichi, N.B., in 1889, by Mr. 

 Philip Cox; one taken at Edmonton, Alta., May, 1897, by Mr. 

 W. Spreadborough. 



One set of six eggs taken at Wolfville, N.S., June 3rd, 1896, by 

 Mr. Harold Tufts. 



740a. Kowak Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus stoneyi (Ridgw.) A. O. U. Check List. 

 1889. 

 Valley of the Kowak River, northwestern Alaska. {A. 0. U. 

 Check List.) 



7406. Columbian Chickadee. 



Parus hudsonicus columbianus Rhoads. 1893. 

 One specimen of this species was shot on the summit of Toad 

 Mountain, near Nelson, B.C., at an altitude of 6,700 feet in July, 

 1890, and one in Eagle Pass, near Revelstoke, B.C.; two speci- 

 mens were taken on Moose Mountain, near the source of Elbow 

 River, and two others observed at the source of Fish Creek, 

 Rocky Mountains in July, 1897. {Spreadborough?) Four speci- 

 mens of Parus from the central Rocky Mountains near Field, B.C., 

 taken in a deep forest at an elevation of 5,000 feet differ so 

 materially from Parus hudsonicus that it seems proper to separate 

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



