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mon summer resident at Montreal. A small colony of these birds 

 used to breed in the bank above the high level reservoir in Mount 

 Royal park, but they deserted the place in 1885; another large 

 colony used to breed in the sand pits at Hochelaga, where I have 

 observed them burrowing, May 12th. (Wintle.) 



A common and abundant summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. 

 J. Young.) Regular summer resident at Toronto, Ont. ; an abun- 

 dant summer resident in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) Not common in Algonquin park, Ont. A few 

 seen breeding in a bank at Whitefish lake; a number seen nesting 

 in the banks of the river above Moose Factory in 1904, last seen on 

 James bay that year, Aug. 12. (Spreadborough.) Abundant where 

 suitable breeding places are, even sometimes in thousands in the 

 cliffs along Lake Erie. These birds always make an oval hole for 

 nesting about ij inches by 2 J, and from one to three feet in length. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) A fairly common summer resident at Guelph,. 

 Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) An abundant summer resident at Penetan- 

 guishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 



A small colony was found on Red river, a few miles below Win- 

 nipeg, June 14th, 1 90 1, and a large one in a high clay bank on the 

 shore of Oxford lake, near Oxford House, June 30th. Several 

 colonies were seen on Hayes river, a few miles above York Factory. 

 (E. A. Preble.) Very abundant at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) 

 Breeds abundantly from Manitoba west to Edmonton. (Atkinson.) 

 This species was found everywhere along the 49th parallel where 

 there were cut banks suitable for breeding sites for the digging of 

 holes in which the nests are constructed. (Coues.) A somewhat 

 common summer resident in Manitoba. They excavate their nests 

 in the banks of the Assiniboine and Qu'Appelle, and breed in colonies. 

 (E. T. Seion.) First individual was seen at Indian Head, Sask. ; 

 May 30th, 1^92, after this time they became common; they must 

 breed near here as they were seen in numbers up to June 27th when I 

 left ; very common on Skull creek, near Crane lake, Sask. ; they 

 reached there June nth, and began breeding in the cut banks of 

 the creek; dug out two nests, but only obtained three eggs, one 

 in one nest and two in the other; one was seen later in the month 

 at the east end of the Cypress hills; in 1895 this species was first. 



