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Nova Scotia, and I found it breeding not uncommonly in North 

 Hastings, Ont., in 1906. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant 

 at Toronto, Ont., breeds rarely. A common breeding summer 

 resident in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; very fond of 

 nesting near old bush roads. (/. H. Fleming.) A few remain around 

 Toronto every winter. (/. Hughes -Samuel.) Abundant every- 

 where along the Parry Sound railway within the Algonquin park, 

 Ont.; young ones were able to fly by June 19th, 1900; nests were 

 found on the ground near logs and another beneath a tuft of grass 

 on July 15th, 1900. Observed a few on both sides of James bay in 

 1904. (Spreadborough.) London seems to be nearly the southern 

 limit of this species; here it is rare in summer, but at Bryanston, 

 fifteen miles northeast, it is fairly common in the same class of 

 woods; and in north Bruce it is quite common. There have been 

 two or three seasons in the last twenty years when it has been noted 

 regularly throughout the summer, but, as a rule, it is only found 

 in large cedar swamps, and even then in small numbers. Although 

 nesting usually on the ground, one nest was found here ten feet above 

 the ground in a thicket of vines against a brick wall and contained 

 five eggs, an unusually large set. Nests on the ground are almost 

 invariably made on sloping ground, and the nest placed well back 

 in an excavation. (W. E. Saunders.) Abundant during migra- 

 tions at Guelph, Ont., especially in spring; common in winter and 

 scarce in summer. (A . B. Klugh.) A common and breeding summer 

 resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young.) 



A specimen was taken June 20th at Norway House, where the 

 species was common ; another was secured July 3rd, one of a number 

 seen in the spruce and tamarack woods about Oxford House, and 

 the species was again observed while we were ascending Steel river, 

 September ist. (Preble.) Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 

 The snowbird appeared along the Mouse (Souris) river about the 

 middle of September in troops as usual and at once became abundant. 

 These specimens were pure hyemalis. (Coues.) An abundant 

 migrant in Manitoba, frequenting thickets and hillsides. A few 

 may breed in the northern part of the province; generally diffused 

 at least as far as the east end of Great Slave lake. (E. T. Seton.) 

 Abundant migrant in Manitoba and west, but not noted breeding. 

 (Atkinson.) This species was first seen April 4th, 1892, at Indian 

 Head, Sask., and disappeared by the 15th May; none seemed -to 



