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Prince Albert, Sask. {Coubeaux.) Only one specimen of this 

 beautiful bird was shot at Fort Franklin in July, 1825. It is 

 merely a summer visitor to the Northwest Territories. {Richard- 

 son.) A pair nested in the Canadian Pacific storeroom at Donald, 

 B.C., in May, 1894. {E. F. G. White.) Seen only east of the Coast 

 Range. {Lord.) I found one or two pairs of this species breeding 

 in the mountains at Ashcroft. B.C. {Streaior.) A summer resident 

 east of the Coast Range. {Fannin.) Common in migration at Chilli- 

 wack. {Brooks.) Abundant in northern and western interior 

 portions of British Columbia. {Rhoads.) This species is recorded 

 by Hartlaub from Dejah, southeastern Alaska, April 20th and 

 2ist ; as it was seen on these two days only and at this point it 

 cannot be at all common in the territory. {Nelson.) 



Breeding Notes. — Found nesting in a hole in a clay butte at 

 Medicine Lodge, south of Wood Mountain, June 14th, 1895. The 

 nest was wholly composed of the outer bark of the old stems of 

 Bigelovia graveolens, a composite plant that grew in profusion 

 near the site of the nest. It contained seven light blue eggs, 

 Another nest taken under the same conditions along Frenchman's 

 River, Assa., on June 21st, was built of the outer bark of sage 

 brush {Artemisia cana) and contained the same number of eggs. 

 {Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Thirty; four taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., in April, 1894; two 

 at Canmore, Rocky Mountains, May 29th, 1891; seven at Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains, in April, 1891; six at Revelstoke, B.C., April, 

 1890; one at Trail, B.C., June 2nd, 1902 ; four at Penticton, B.C., 

 April, 1903; three at Spence's Bridge,B.C., June, 1889 ; three at 

 Fernie, B.C., April, 1904, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



One set of seven eggs taken along Frenchman's River, Assa., 

 June 2ist, 189s, by the writer. 



