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informed me he had several times seen its nest late in July ; I offered 

 him a good price for a set of eggs and sure enough he succeeded in 

 finding a nest and four eggs on July 30th, 1893; this nest is com- 

 posed of fine twigs, roots and grass and was built 20 feet up in a 

 spruce tree; on July 13th, 1894, he found a nest and five eggs, also 

 built in a spruce tree top, while on July 22nd, 1897, he found another 

 nest and four eggs, again built in the top of a low spruce tree, and 

 secured one of the birds. (W. Raine.) 



619. Cedar Wax wing. Cherry-bird. 



Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) Gray. 1846. 



One specimen obtained August 26th, 1S60, at Moose Factory 

 by Drexler. (Packard.) Saw a flock of about 30 on Moose river 

 June 2nd, 1896; common at Moose Factory, June 13th; none ob- 

 served further north. (Spreadborough.) A common summer resi- 

 dent at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. (C. R. Harte.) Common 

 summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Fairly common 

 summer resident in Nova Scotia. Once taken by me in winter. 

 (H. F. Tufts.) A flock of ten seen in Amherst, N.S., March ist, 

 1899. (Morrell.) A small flock of these birds reached Sable island, 

 N.S., June 7th, 1902, and another in September of the same year. 

 (/. Boutelier.) Seen at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward island, 

 July I ith, 1888. (Macoun.) Seen now and again on Prince Edward 

 island, but not common. A few observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton 

 island. (Dwight.) A common summer resident at St. John, N.B. 

 (Chamberlain.) Tolerably common summer resident at Scotch 

 Lake, York county, N.B.; nesting in orchards and conifers. (W. 

 H. Moore.) Rare at Lake Mistassini, Que. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Common in burnt places, Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & 

 Cox.) A common summer resident around Quebec. (Dionne.) 

 Permanent resident and abundant at Montreal. Breeds in the city 

 and in Mount Royal park. I have found their nests with eggs from 

 June 13th to August 27th. During the winter months flocks of 

 these birds appear in the city to feed on the berries of the mountain 

 ash trees. (Wintle.) 



Common summer resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) A c«mmon species along the St. Lawrence below King- 

 ston, Ont. (Rev. C. ] . Young.) Resident at Toronto, Ont., irreg- 



