1911] The Ottawa Naturalist. 59 



nawaga Indian reserve; scarce elsewhere in the district, though 

 common to the north in the Laurentian Hills. An almost un- 

 broken stretch of small second-growth covers the rolling land 

 of the Caughnawaga reserve, with occasional prominent sugar 

 groves on the uplands and marshes in the lowlands. Whilst 

 passing through this district on May 16th, 1909, I heard the 

 notes of this species just before dark about 7.45 p.m. coming 

 from several directions, and on other occasions, throughout the 

 summer, have surprised individuals into noiseless flight. 



Empidonax trailli alnorums, Alder Flycatcher. 



" Summer resident ; scarce."* 



During the past fifteen years I have found this Flycatcher 

 more abundant than any ether of the family. Frequentlv I 

 have found two or three pairs nesting quite closely to one another, 

 and on July 1st, 1910, in a favorable second-growth patch, I 

 counted three occupied nests and another in course of construc- 

 tion, all within a radius of fifty yards. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola, Prairie Horned Lark. 



" Summer resident ; common."* 



This species has been steadily on the increase and I should 

 call it an abundant summer resident. 



Cyanocitta cristata, Blue Jay. 



"Transient visitant; common."* 



The Blue Jay is a very quiet bird, in this district, during 

 the breeding season, and I have only found it nesting in a few 

 restricted localities. 



Sturnella magna, Meadowlark. 



" Summer resident ; scarce."* 



Mr. Wintle records only one bird for the district, shot at 

 Laprairie, seven miles from Montreal, on the 10th of October, 

 1891. Six vears later I saw one at Cote St. Luc, three miles from 

 the city. Absence from Montreal during the greater part of 

 four years (1899-1902) leaves a possible blank in my records; 

 but asrain, in 1904, I saw a flock of twelve at Cote St. Luc on 

 September 25th, and another flock at Cote St. Paul, two miles 

 from the city, on October 9th. In the spring of 1905 (April 20th) 

 they were fairly well distributed throughout the neighborhood 

 of Cote St. Luc, and on June 9th of the same year, an occupied 

 nest was found at Cote St. Paul. Since this latter date it has 

 become yearly more numerous and to-day is a common, if not 

 an abundant, summer resident. 



