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Tufts.) Never seen around St. John, N.B., but common inland in 

 summer. (Chamberlain.) A tolerably common summer resident York 

 county, N.B. (l^. H. Moore.) Common summer resident. Breeds 

 in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Que. (Wintle.) Summer resident 

 in Quebec; taken at Beauport. (Dionne.) Common summer resi- 

 dent around Ottawa, Ont. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This 

 species is a regular summer resident in Ontario, and though not 

 abundant is generally distributed. (Mcllwraith.) Fairly common 

 around Toronto, and breeds; generally distributed over the Parry 

 Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Formerly much 

 more common than at present; it is not usual to find more than a 

 single pair of birds in a suitable small piece of woods. Their habit 

 of having eggs and young in the same nest is well known. (W. E. 

 Saunders.) On July 6th, 1900, one specimen came into the potato 

 patch at Cache lake, Algonquin Park, Ont., and fed on the potato 

 bugs. (Spreadborotigh.) 



This species is a common summer resident throughout the wooded 

 parts of Manitoba and has been taken by myself at Carberry and 

 Shoal lake, near Duck mountain. (E. T. Seton.) A regular breeding 

 species, quite common in Manitoba but not noted by me west of 

 Fort Ellice. (Atkinson.) Apparently a rare species west of Mani- 

 toba. A female was first seen at Indian Head, Sask., June 24th, 

 1892, in a willow thicket; in a few days another female was seen 

 and shot and an egg was found in her oviduct, which shows that 

 the species breeds there. On the 19th May, 1894, one was seen at 

 Medicine Hat, Sask., and another in the same place on June 3rd. 

 None seen further west. (Spreadborough.) One seen by Mr. Day 

 on Skull creek, Sask., June 5th, 1905. (A. C. Bent.) 



Breeding Notes.— Summer resident, common. Breeds in Mount 

 Royal Park. I have found their nests, containing eggs, from June 

 4th to July 22nd. Observed here from May 21st to September 5th. 

 Their nests are generally built in thorn bushes, from one to eight 

 feet above the ground, but small cedar trees are favourite building 

 sites for them as well. This bird appears to have a remarkable 

 habit of laying fresh eggs while those already laid are being incub- 

 ated and hatched. The naked younglings are black in colour, and 

 repulsive looking, but they harmonize with the nest, which is a 

 slight structure of dead twigs, with a very shallow cavity, lined 

 with a few dead leaves, the nest being very small for the size of the 

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