298 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Porter.) Resident in southern portions of Labrador; probably 
does not occur north of the‘ height of land.” (/ackard.) Ob- 
served all along the Moose River to Moose Factory, James Bay. 
None seen further north in Labrador in 1896. (Spreadborough.) 
York Factory, Hudson Bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) Taken at Fort 
Churchill, Hudson Bay  (C/larke.) 
Common resident in Nova Scotia. (Dozwus.) Fairly common 
throughout the year at Wolfville, King’s Co., N.S. (A. Tufés.) 
Common resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. (CR. 
Harte.) Summer resident Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton 
Island. (Macoun.) Abundant throughout the year in New Bruns- 
wick. (Chamberlain.) Permanent resident; breeds; rather common, 
York Co., N.B. (W. A. Moore.) Uncommon in the valley of the 
Restigouche, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) One specimen seen on 
Grindstone Island, Magdalen Islands. (Szshop.) Taken at 
Beauport ; a common resident in Quebec. (Deonne.) A transient 
and scarce visitant in the vicinity of Montreal. I do not think 
this species breeds in the vicinity of Montreal, as I have only 
seen it in the months of October and November. (Wintle.) A 
common resident around Ottawa. (O¢tawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 
A resident, though not an abundant species throughout Ontario; 
more abundant at the north. (MWcl/wraith.) It is a question 
which form the Ontario bird is but I believe it to be the northern 
form; it breeds abundantly in the district of Parry Sound often 
choosing a dead pine to nest in ; it is very fond of districts where 
the trees have been killed by fire; the young are hatched early 
in June. (J. H. Fleming.) Fairly abundant at Whitney on the 
Parry Sound Railway during December, 1898. (/. Hughes- 
Samuel.) Commonand breeding in the Algonquin Park, Ontario, 
July, 1900. (Spreadborough.) 
A common resident in Manitoba in the poplar forest. (Zhomp- 
son-Seton.) This is a rare species on the margin of the prairie as 
only two were seen at Indian Head in the spring of 1892, 
and one at Medicine Hat in 1894. A tolerably common resi- 
dent at Edmonton, Alta.; not uncommon in the foothills from 
Calgary south to Crow’s Nest Pass in the Rocky Mountains. 
Common at Agassiz and Burrard Inlet, B.C., in May, 1880. 
(Spreadborough.) Common at Grand Rapids on the Saskatchewan. 
(Nutting.) This species exists as far north as Lat. 63°. It 
remains all the year in the Northwest Territories and is the 
