1924] Swarth: Birds and Mammals of the Skeena River Region 349

Euphagus carolinus (Miiller). Rusty Blackbird

Fairly common in the lowlands about Hazelton and in Kispiox
Valley, but so quiet and secretive during the nesting season as easily
to be overlooked. A female shot June 4 had laid part of its set. On
July 5 a flock of old and young together first appeared. An adult
female shot August 20 had nearly finished the annual molt; an
immature male taken September 9 had finished the post-juvenal molt.
The species was present in abundance at the end of my stay, Septem-
ber 26. By the middle of September the birds had gathered into
flocks of from twenty to fifty individuals. Thirteen specimens col-
lected (nos. 42234-42246).

Hesperiphona vespertina brooksi Grinnell.
British Columbia Evening Grosbeak

Small flocks seen near Hazelton during the last week in May and
the first week in June. No evidence of breeding was found. Three
specimens collected, two adult males and one adult female (nos.
42247-42249). This, I believe, is the northernmost record for the
species in British Columbia. (For characterization of the subspecies
H. v. brooksi, see Grinnell, 1917, p. 20.)

Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (Gmelin). Eastern Purple Finch

Not found above the floor of the valley. Single birds and small
flocks seen about Hazelton the latter part of May and in June; a
female shot June 4 was incubating eggs. In Kispiox Valley, the latter
part of August, purple finches were seen occasionally, the last on
August 29. Seven specimens collected, four red males, one male in
the streaked plumage, and two females. These are all typically of the
subspecies purpureus.

Loxia leucoptera Gmelin. White-winged Crossbill

Small flocks (eight to twelve birds each) seen at Hazelton, June 14,
in Kispiox Valley, July 8, and again near Hazelton the latter part of
September. On Nine-mile Mountain (July 21 to August 14), white-
winged erossbills were present in small numbers in the hemlock forest
immediately below timber line, that is, four or five individuals might
be seen during a forenoon. This was evidently the nesting ground,
as single males were spaced at intervals through the woods, and were
in full song. Four specimens collected, three adult females and one
adult male (nos, 42257-42260).

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