CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. /OI 



cylinder; the sitting bird must have been entirely concealed ; it 

 contained five eggs, a sixth imperfect one was sticking in the 

 foundation of the nest; it had evidently been pushed through the 

 lining and a fresh floor built over it; the owners were raising a 

 great outcry over the intrusion of a wandering brood of " whiskey 

 jacks"; two grouse feathers were carefully put over the entrance 

 to the nest, which made me think that it had been rifled by the 

 jays and the lining pulled out. {Brooks) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-four; two taken at Banff, Rocky Mountains in April, 

 1891, two at Edmonton, Alta., May, 1897, six at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 April, 1890, two at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903, one at Medicine 

 Hat, Assa., May, nth, 1894, four at Huntington, B.C., October, 

 1901, one at Burrard Inlet, B.C., April 7th, 1889, and one at 

 Fernie, B.C., April 21st, 1904, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough; one 

 at London, Ont., May 2nd, 1885, by Mr. W. E. Saunders ; four 

 at Ottawa, Ont., in May, 1890, by Dr. F. A. Saunders. 



849a. Sitkan Kinglet. 



Regulus calendula grinnelli Palmer. 1897. 

 This kinglet was not very common, and I only observed it along 

 Indian River, at Sitka, Alaska, in tall firs; I saw them in pairs on 

 two occasions, but I secured no young. This kinglet doubtless 

 breeds, though not in abundance; three adult males were secured. 

 {Grintiell.) At Skagway, Alaska, I heard a Sitkan kinglet singing 

 May 31st, and at Haines took a male and heard another singing 

 June 1st. At Glacier I took a male June 6th, and during our stay 

 heard two or three others singing. While the Log Cabin bird is 

 normal calendula, ithe Haines and Glacier birds have the more 

 olive back and darker sides of crown of grinnelli. {Bishop.) 



CCLIV. POLIOPTILA Sclater 1851. 



,751. Blue -gray Gnatcatcher. 



Polioptila ccerulea (Linn.) Scb. 1855. 



An accidental visitant at Montreal. Mr. Kuetzing saw one 



example of this species in Mr. Craig's collection, shot on] the 



island of Montreal a number of years ago, but Mr. Craig says he 



does not remember having it in his possession. {Wintle.) Casual 



