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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



" Athabasca Lake.'' " These specimens, Avhich formed the Ijasis of 

 the earliest published records of the species, with the exception of 

 the original description, he found in the collection of Mr. Lead- 

 beater.^ Richardson, evident^ referring to the same record, states 

 that the species " frequents the * * * eastern declivity of tlie 

 Rocky Mountains, in latitude 5G°." ^ Concerning the species Macoiin 

 says : 



Not uncommon at Edmonton, Alberta, between April IGtli and May 14tb, 1807, 

 when tbey disappeared. Two specimens were seen on tbe trail between Lesser 

 Slave Lake and Peace River Landing, Atba., in June, and a pair witb young 

 just able to fly at Dunvegan, latitude 56°, July 2(J. 1003. (Spreadborougb.) 



He records also three specimens taken at Edmonton, Alberta, May 

 14, 1898.^ 



Pinicola enucleator leucura (Miill.). Eastern Pine Grosbeak. 



Pine grosbeaks occur throughout the greater part of the wooded 

 region in summer, but in winter mainly withdraw from at least its 

 northern half, and become very abundant southward. 



A male taken on a large lake a few miles south of MacTavish Bay, 

 on August 23, 1903, and another taken on the south shore of Great 

 Bear Lake a few miles east of Manito Islands, on September 14, prove 

 referable to the eastern race. In each case only a single bird was seen. 



King recorded pine grosbeaks, probably referable to this race, from 

 Fort Reliance, Great Slave Lake, and from Artillery Lake.^ Speci- 

 mens from Fort Rae and Fort Resolution, recorded in the bird cata- 

 logue of the National Museum, were also probably of this form. 



Pinicola enucleator montana RidgAv. Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak. 



Macoun mentions that two were seen by Spreadborough on a moun- 

 tain on the north side of Miette River, near Jasper House, August 

 29, 1898.'^ 



J. Alden Loring saw several pine grosbeaks in the mountains 

 between Jasper House and Smoky River, Alberta, in the late summer 

 of 1896, which probably were referable to this form. 



Pinicola enucleator alascensis Ridgw. Alaska Pine Grosbeak. 



During our investigations in this region, the first pine grosbeaks 

 referable to this form were seen at Fort Franklin, September 20, 1903, 

 when two specimens were taken from a small flock which was feeding 

 on the seeds of dwarf birch {Befula ncma) near the shore of the lake. 



« Am. Orn.. II, pi. 1.5, fig. 1, desc. pp. 76, 78, 1828. 



^ Regarding probable source of tbese specimens, see p. 61. 



c Fauna Boreal i-Americana, II, p. 260, 1831. 



f^Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. 416, 1004. 



^ Narrative .Journey to Arctic Ocean, I. p. 140, 1836. 



f Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. 418, 1004. 



