CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 697 



1897, among the spruce, but could not -find the nest; I never saw 

 any in Ontario after the ist of May. {Rev. C.J.Young) An 

 abundant winter resident; on two occasions I have met with birds 

 in May, that from their actions must have been nesting. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) Has been found two or three times near London, Ont. 

 in late May, but no actual proof of breeding is yet reported. An 

 abundant migrant, remaining through mild winters. {W. E. 

 Saunders.) Not at all unusual to see a small party of these little 

 fellows sunning themselves on the warm side of a cedar or spruce 

 hedge during the coldest winter months around Toronto. {J. 

 Hughes-Samuel.) A winter resident at Guelph, Ont. {A. B.Klugh.) 

 One seen on the lower Echimamish, June 24th, 1901. {E.A.Preble.) 



Avery rare migrant; but may breed in Manitoba. They are 

 very uncertain in their movements. {Thompson- Seton) A rare 

 migrant at Aweme, Manitoba. {Norman Criddle.) Common in 

 spruce woods from Jasper House to the summit of the Rocky 

 Mountains in June, 1898; breeds at Banff, Rocky Mountains, 

 but not so common as the ruby-crowned kinglet; common at 

 Reyelstoke, B.C., up to April 20th, i8go, when all disappeared; 

 breeding in the woods at Robson, B.C.; young shot, June loth, 

 1890; common on Sophie Mountain, on the International Bound- 

 ary, B.C., at an altitude of 4,400 feet in 1902. {Spreadborough.) 

 Seen near Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan, but none were 

 secured. {Nutting.) Common in the mountains southwest of 

 Calgary, also in Crow's Nest Pass, July 28th, 1897. {Spreadborough.) 



Breeding Notes. — A set of seven eggs in my collection was 

 taken at Cartwright, Labrador, June 15th, 1895. The nest was 

 suspended to a branch of a spruce tree, 15 feet from the ground. 

 {W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Thirteen; two taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains in May, 1891, 

 three at Revelstoke, B.C., April, 1890, two at Trail, B.C., May,- 

 1902, and one at Deer Park, B.C., June 6th, 1890, all by Mr. W. 

 Spreadborough ; two taken at Ottawa in April, 1888, by Prof. 

 Macoun; five others at Ottawa, in 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders. 



'?48a. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. ' 



Regulus satrapa olivaceous Baird. 1864. 

 . Frequent in woods at Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., in April, 

 1889. Saw a few at the foot of Chilliwack Lake, B.C., July, 1901; 



