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Very common everywhere in eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 

 Common about the settlements in Parry Sound and Muskoka dis- 

 tricts. A few have wintered at Gravenhurst. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Abundant in the Algonquin park, Ont. ; three nests in sight of the 

 buildings at Cache lake, 1900; common from Missinabi to Point 

 Comfort, James bay. (Spreadborough.) Abundant in the vicinity 

 of London, Ont. The crop of wild berries has much to do with 

 the occasional notes of the occurrence of this species in winter; 

 that a few winter in some years is certain. While they nest usually 

 in trees, I found one on the projecting end of a rail of a snake- 

 fence and have seen numbers on buildings; and once saw one build- 

 ing a nest in a brush-heap. (W. E. Saunders.) An abundant 

 summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about March 8th, and 

 leaves about November 12th. (A. B. Klugh.) Found throughout 

 the region traversed, but seldom seen elsewhere than in the vicinity 

 of the posts, where, however, they were very common. Many 

 old and young were seen at Fort Churchill during the latter part 

 of July. On our return trip we noted the species on Hayes river, 

 August 30th, Steel river, August 31st, Hill river, Sept. 4th and 

 between Oxford and Windy lakes, Sept. 12th. {E. A. Preble.) 

 Common at York Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Fort 

 Churchill, Hudson bay. {Wright.) 



Found in abundance at Pembina where it was breeding in the 

 wooded river-bottom. In this latitude, the eggs are generally laid 

 during the middle and latter part of June, and I scarcely think 

 that more than one brood is reared annually. It extends from 

 Pembina to the Rocky mountains on the 49th parallel. {Coues.) 

 A common resident in half -open woods and around dwellings through- 

 out Manitoba. {E. T. Seton.) An abundant summer resident at 

 Aweme, Manitoba; arrives about April loth and leaves towards 

 the end of October. {Criddle.) An abundant summer resident at 

 Indian Head, Sask., first seen April 13th, 1892, and became com- 

 mon by the i8th of the same month; in 1895 this species was found 

 scattered over the whole of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta 

 wherever there was brush; it is essentially a bird of civilization and 

 is constantly found in the neighbourhood of trading posts and 

 lonely settlers. {Macoun.) A very abundant summer visitor at 

 Prince Albert, Sask.; breeding throughout the country. {Cou- 

 beaux.) Very abundant at Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan, 



