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foundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, 

 Quebec and Ontario westward. We have records of its occur- 

 rence in all these provinces, but not as being anywhere common. 

 Hutchins records it from Fort Severn, Hudson bay. 



After long watching I at last found a small colony of these birds 

 (seven in number) in a cedar swamp some miles from the city of 

 Ottawa, Ont., and secured a fine pair on the ist November, 1901. 

 (G. R. White.) Rarely observed in eastern Ontario. One speci- 

 men shot near Lynn, Leeds county, in the fall of 1893. (Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) Common fall migrant, but rare summer resident, at 

 Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) 



This is a tolerably common summer resident in Manitoba, and 

 evidently breeds throughout the province. (E. T. Seton.) One 

 of the most regular breeding species in Manitoba, and observed 

 occasionally in 1906 west to Edmonton in the more wooded dis- 

 tricts. {Atkinson.) One seen at Indian Head, Sask., on April 

 13th, 1892, but not seen again until June. The one killed had a 

 white-footed mouse and some large beetles in its stomach. On 

 May 8th, 1894, a pair was seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., and others 

 were seen on Old Wives creek, Sask., May 1895 ; it was not observed 

 anywhere in the Rocky mountains, but was not uncommon in the 

 woods at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897; a pair seen at Sicamous, 

 B.C., in July, 1889, and a single specimen at Penticton, April 23rd, 

 1903. (Spreadborough.) This bird has been found as far north 

 as lat. 60°, and probably exists as far north as the forest extends. 

 It is plentiful in the woods skirting the Saskatchewan plains, and 

 frequents the shores of Hudson bay only in summer. (Richardson.) 

 North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie; rare. (Ross.) Com- 

 mon throughout British Columbia. (Lord.) Rare; I have taken 

 it on Vancouver island only. (Fannin.) Not common in the 

 lower Eraser valley; resident; not uncommon on Lake Okanagan 

 in the winter of 1897-98; resides in the Cariboo district of British 

 Columbia throughout the winter. (Brooks.) Rare everywhere but 

 likely to turn up anywhere in British Columbia. (Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — Not common, breeds in old crow's nests. 



Eggs five or six. (W. E. Saunders.) A pair found breeding in an 



old rough-legged hawk's nest on Bear creek, Sask., with five eggs 



nearly hatched, June 2nd, 1905. (A. C. Bent.) Tolerably common 



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