CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 729 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven; two taken at Ottawa by Dr. F. A. Saunders in April 

 1891; three at Ottawa in April, 1888, by the writer, and two at 

 Toronto in May, 1886, by Mr. S. Herring. 



Four sets of eggs; one set of four taken in Clarke's bush, 

 Ottawa, May 19th, 1889, by Mr. F. K. Whiteaves; one of three 

 eggs, at Ottawa, by Mr. W. A. D. Lees; one of three eggs taken at 

 London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saunders; one set of four eggs taken 

 at Port Hope, Ont., April 20th, 1900, by Mr. N. H. Meeking and 

 presented to the museum by Mr. W. Raine. 



F767. Western Bluebird. 



Siala mexicana occidentalis (Towns.) Ridgw. 1894. 



Common at Penticton, but always in pairs, breeding in holes in 

 trees in April, 1903; only saw one specimen at Trail, but observed 

 a number at Cascade, B.C., on the International Boundary, in 

 1902; observed two at Baynes Lake, May 2nd, 1904, and two in 

 the Kootanie valley about a week later; a few observed at Lyt- 

 ton, B.C., April 17th, 1889; in the woods at Hastings, Burrard 

 Inlet; observed eight specimens at Chilliwack, B.C., October 

 24th, 1901, said to breed in the vicinity; first seen at Victoria, Van- 

 couver Island, April 19th, 1893; found a nest near Victoria, May 

 23rd, and a nest with young at Nanaimo, July lOth. (^Spread- 

 borough.) Common on Vancouver Island and in British Columbia. 

 (Lord.) Not very common on the coast, but an abundant sum- 

 mer resident in the interior. {Streator.) A common summer resid- 

 ent east and west of the Coast Range; more numerous on the 

 coast. {Fannin.) Common summer resident; remained in the 

 Fraser valley until January. {Brooks.) Not common anywhere, 

 but less so in the district east of the Coast Range in British 

 Columbia where it does not reach beyond the transition zone. 

 {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; one taken at Cascade, B.C., June 26th, 1902, two at Pen- 

 ticton, B.C., in April, 1903, two at Chilliwack, B.C., October 24th, 

 1901, one at Victoria, Vancouver Island, May 5th, 1893; two at 

 Baynes Lake, B.C., May 2nd, 1904 and one at Elko, May 13th, 

 1904, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



