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a tall pine about seven miles east of Gananoque and a mile from 
the St. Lawrence. There is still (1901).a nest every year near 
Charleston Lake, about 10 miles from Lansdowne. It also breeds 
on Simcoe Island, opposite Kingston, Ont. I was present at the 
taking of its eggs on 28th April, 1900, two in number and almost 
ready to hatch. As the seventy acres of woodland in which this 
nest is situated are being cleared of timber it is probable that the 
bird will shortly be banished from this locality, but it still nests 
undisturbed on the Duck Islands and Timber Island, Lake Ontario. 
(Rev. C. J. Young.) 
This species nests regularly, though rarely, along the shores of 
Lake Erie, and along other large bodies of water in Ontario where 
the country is not too thickly settled, but I have never heard of 
nor seen it breeding away from the water. (W. £. Saunders.) 
At Shuswap Lake, British Columbia, in July, 1889, I saw a nest 
in a large cottonwood tree about forty feet from the ground, 
near the shore of the lake. Nest very large, made of sticks and 
must have been three feetin diameter. The young were as large 
at this time as old birds. The young feed a good deal on dead fish 
that float ashore and also upon carrion. Common throughout Van- 
couver Island. At Comox shot many specimens both young and 
old. At this time, June, 1893, they were feeding on the singing 
fish which they caught from under stones when the tide was out. 
(Spreadborough.) 
Several nests were found with eggs and young in them on Lock- 
hart and Anderson rivers. They were built on high trees close to 
the river banks and composed of dried sticks and branches lined 
with deer hair, mosses, hay and other soft materials. There were 
from two to three eggs in eachnest. In one instance the parents 
made hostile demonstrations when their nests were being robbed, 
but they generally flew away and kept at a safe distance. They 
are not very numerous, and it is very doubtful if any breed to the 
northward of Fort Anderson. Lat. 69° 30’. (Macfarlane.) 
This bird nests in Muskoka and in northern Alberta. I have 
six clutches of eggs,some of which were taken in northern 
Ontario and the others in northern Alberta. (W. Raine.) May 
16th, 1897, a set of two partly incubated eggs was taken from a 
nest on Raza Island, Toba Inlet, Gulf of Georgia, B.C., by Charles 
Collier. The nest was in a tree about 90 feet from the ground. 
It was at least 4 feet across and built of sticks. In the middle on 
