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chickadee obtained on the American continent." As birds 

 of the genus undoubtedly winter in that region, additional 

 examples of this and other chickadees may be discovered 

 there some day. The Ottawa Museum does not contain a 

 single skin or egg of this interesting bird I 



Y40. Httdsonian Chickadee — Parus hudsonicus Forster. 



Mr. McKay failed to find any nests of this bird at 

 Pelican Narrows, where, in the spring of 1891, he shot a 

 female, and this would indicate that they breed in that 

 quarter. He states that it is not common, but is one of their 

 " winterers." It is also reported as fairly abundant on the 

 Yukon and Upper Mackenzie rivers, while we believed 

 that it was represented by at least some stragglers on 

 the Anderson River. My own recollection of the chick- 

 adee egg is that it is nearly pure white. There are three 

 specimens, including one taken at Edmonton by Mr. Spread- 

 borough in May, 1897, and one set of six eggs taken at 

 Wolfville, N.S.," June 3rd, 1896, by Mr. Harold Tufts, in 

 the Ottawa Museum. 



749. RuBY-CEOwNED KiNGLET — Begulus calendula (Linn.), 



There can be no doubt that this species is to be met 

 with during the summer season on the Anderson River, as 

 both Indians and Eskimos assured me that they had seen 

 birds exactly similar to a Fort Good Hope example shown 

 to them. Common also on the Yukon River, where it no 

 doubt breeds. As I have never seen its eggs, and as there is 

 no reference thereto in Professor Macoun's frequently men- 

 tioned Bird Catalogue, no description of their colour or 

 markings can be giveii in this paper. The Ottawa Museum 

 holds twenty-four specimens, but no eggs, of this species ! 



757. Geey-checked Theush — Hylocichla alicim Baird. 



A parent bird with her nest and four eggs were taken 

 near Fort Rae, spring 1880. Nest found on a small scrub 

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