722 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



I2th, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadbourgh; one set of four eggs taken 

 at Ottawa, Ont., May 24th, 1898, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves. 



761a. Western Robin. 



Merula migratoria propinqua Ridgw. 1880. 

 This form was first seen at Banff, Rocky Mountains where it 

 was in some numbers; at Revelstoke, B.C. it arrived on April loth, 

 1890, and soon became common ; it bred in large numbers at 

 Revelstoke, Deer Park, and Robson on the Columbia River, but 

 curiously it was very wild and difficult to shoot; common on the 

 International Boundary between Trail and Cascade in 1902 ; 

 found a nest on a fence overhung with brush near Trail; abundant 

 everywhere in the Okanagan valley, B.C., in April, 1903 ; abund- 

 ant in all parts of the interior of British Columbia, but especially 

 so at Spence's Bridge ; builds a different nest from the eastern 

 one; abundant at Chilliwack, Hastings, and Huntington in the 

 Fraser River valley in 1901; a very abundant species in all parts 

 of Vancouver Island, only partially migratory, many building by 

 the middle of April. {Spreadborougk.) 



British Columbia. (Lord.) Very common everywhere; breeds. 

 {Streator.) Abundant throughout the province ; partially migra- 

 tory; a number winter on Vancouver Island. {Fanmn.) Abundant 

 resident at Chilliwack. (Brooks.) Uniformly abundant everywhere in 

 British Columbia. (Rhoads.) A few adults were observed through- 

 out the summer among the more open parts three or four miles 

 inland from Sitka, along the Indian River. Several large flocks 

 of juveniles appeared on July 25th and afterwards were common. 

 (Grinnell.) Common on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Its time 

 of arrival at Massett, from 1891 to 1898, ranged from February 

 20th to March i6th. {Osgood.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-three; three taken at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1890 ; 

 one at Robson, Columbia River, B.C., June, 26th, 1890 ; one at 

 Trail,B.C., June I0th,i902; one at Penticton, B.C. ,April 27th, 1903; 

 two at Agassiz, B.C., May, 1889; two at Hastings, Burrard Inlet, 

 B.C., April, 1889; five at Chilliwack, B.C , May, 1901; six at Hunt- 

 ington, B.C., in October, 1901, and two at Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, in April, 1893, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



