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ently a summer resident on Vancouver Island, seen first on April 

 i8th when they were in large numbers in conifers with chicka- 

 dees; first seen at Penticton, B.C., April 13th, 1903, abundant 

 everywhere by the 20th and remained so until May ist; 

 common at Lake Ste. Anne, north ot Edmonton, and from 

 thence along the trail to the Athabasca Pass in June, 1898; com- 

 mon at Fernie and Elko, B.C., in May, 1904. {Spreadborough.) 

 Very common at the south end of Methye Portage. (/. M. 

 Macdun.) North to Fort Resolution on the Mackenzie River ; 

 rare. {Ross.) There is no doubt but this bird is to be met with 

 during the summer season on the Anderson River, but we found 

 no nests. (Mac/arlane.) 



Seen only east of the Coast range. {Lord.) Found only in 

 the coast region during autumnal migration. {Streator.) Abun- 

 dant in the district west of the Coast Range. {Fanning Common 

 winter visitant at Chilliwack; breeds on the mountains. {Brooks.) 

 Numerous on the coast of British Columbia in spring. Breeding 

 in the interior. {Rhoads.) 



This handsome species has been secured from various portions 

 of the territory. The various Alaskan records include Fort Yukon, 

 Nulato, Anvik, in the north, with Sitka and Fort Kenai on the 

 southeastern coast. {Nelson.) Specimens of this bird were 

 obtained from Fort Yukon, where it is common, breeding there. 

 At Nushagak, on Bristol Bay, I saw a single specimen of this bird 

 flitting amongst the willows which skirt the river. {Turner) On 

 the 23rd August, I shot one specimen and saw two others in a 

 willow copse bordering the Kowak, a couple of miles above our 

 winter camp. I did not see the species again until June lOth, in 

 Kowak delta, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. {Grinnell.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have a beautiful nest containing eleven 

 eggs that was taken at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on June ist, 1898; 

 this nest was suspended to the branch of a black spruce tree, 20 

 feet from the ground; besides this one I have four others taken at 

 the same place and all alike in structure; the nests were round 

 balls of green moss well lined with feathers and were suspended 

 from the branches of spruce trees. {W.Raine.) Breeding near 158- 

 Mile House, B.C.; on the nth June I found a nest in a small spruce 

 not four feet high; the nest was close to the stem and about two 

 feet from the ground ; it was a very deep cup, almost a vertical 



