302 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Rather common resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common 
throughout the year at Wolfville, N.S. (7/7. Zz/ts.) Common resident 
at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. (C. &. Harte.) On trees 
in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888; also in 
woods, Cape Breton Island, 1898. (MMacoun.) A common resi- 
dent, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, winter of 1897-98. (C. 7. 
Morrell.) Abundant throughout the entire year in New Bruns- 
wick. (Chamberlain.) A tolerably common permanent resident, 
breeds, York Co., N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Very rare in the Resti- 
gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) One seen on Grind- 
stone Island, Magdalen Islands. (S¢zshop.) One pair was 
found nesting at Fox Bay, Anticosti, Que., in July. (Svewster.) 
Taken at Beauport; common resident in Quebec. (Dvzonne.) 
A common and permanent resident in the Montreal district ; 
breeds in Mount Royal Park; scarce during the winter months 
but plentiful in the spring of the year. (Wintle.) 
An abundant resident in the Ottawa district, but more common 
in spring and summer. (O#éawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common 
resident in Ontario, but more common in spring and fall migra- 
tions. (/clwraith.) This species breeds near Toronto but is 
much more common in the Muskoka district. (/. H. Fleming.) 
I found this species abundant at Whitney, Parry Sound Railway, 
during November and December, 1898. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Breeding but not common in Algonquin Park, Ont., July, 1900. 
(Spreadborough.) Common in spring, summer and fall, but only 
a few remain through the winter. I once found a male of this 
species diligently digging a hole in a small stump in October, 
presumably for winter quarters. (W. E. Saunders.) 
A tolerably common resident in the wooded sections of Mani- 
toba, but is scarce in the more southern portion. (Zhompson- 
Seton.) Only a few specimens were seen at Indian Head, Assa., 
in 1892 : one specimen was taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 
12th, 1894. Observed one April 22nd, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta. ; 
saw another on the 29th; apparently quite rare ; one seen at 
Crow's Nest Pass in July. Specimens were taken at Banff, Alta., 
in August, I891. (Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING Notes.—I have occasionally seen this bird in the 
winter, but not so often as the hairy. It breeds later; most of 
the nests I have seen contained fresh eggs the last week of May, 
although once I found young birds at that date. (Rev. C. /. 
