326 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
resident in Quebec. (D¢éonne.) Not rare; breeds at Lake Mis- 
tassini, northern Quebec. (/. JZ. Macoun.) A single specimen 
observed at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Clarke.) York Fac- 
tory, Hudson Bay. (Dy. RX. Bell.) One heard, June 27th, at Grand 
Entry Island, one of the Magdalen Islands ; but none afterwards. 
(Brewster.) Common summer resident, breeds in Montreal upon 
the gravelled roofs of houses. (Wntle.) An abundant summer 
resident. Since the building of houses with gravelled roofs these 
birds have become very common in the city. They breed in 
security on many of the flat roofs. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 
Common summer resident in Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. 
(J. H. Fleming.) Not so common as formerly in the London, Ont., 
district. (W.£. Saunders.) Two observed in Algonquin Park, 
June 18th. No others seen in three month’s residence. (Spreaa- 
borough.) This species is quite common in Manitoba and breeds 
freely. (7hompson-Seton.) Exceedingly abundant on pleasant 
evenings near our camp at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan River. 
(\udting.) Few birds are better known in the Northwest Terri- 
tories than this, which ranges in summer to the Arctic islands. 
It makes its appearance at Great Bear Lake generally about the 
last of May, and was observed hatching on the Saskatchewan on 
the 8th June. (Rechardson.) North to Lapierre’s House on the 
Mackenzie River; rather rare. (Ross.) A few straggling birds 
have been observed in the far north but I never came across its 
nest except on the Clearwater River near Fort McMurray in June, 
1873. (MJacfarlane.) Seen along the Athabasca River from the 
mouth of Lesser Slave River to the Clearwater River, Lat. 56° 40’, 
also on Methye Portage and from Methye Lake to Isle a la 
Crosse. (J. M7. Macoun.) Vancouver Island and throughout British 
Columbia. (Zord.) Abundant summer resident in the interior ; 
breeds. (Sztve tor.) East of Coast Range ; a summer resident. 
(Hannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; tolerably common. 
All the specimens taken belong to the typical form and not to 
henryt. (Brooks.) Abundant in all interior localities of British 
Columbia. (Rhoads.) From Caribou Crossing, Lat. 60°, B.C., to 
Tatchun River, Lat. 62° 20’, near Rink Rapids, Yukon River. 
The specimens were slightly darker than virginianus from the east. 
(Bishop.) 
BREEDING Nores.._A common summer resident, though it does 
not appear to be as common as it was fifteen years ago. It lays 
its two eggs, without any nest, on rocks, in a disused stone quarry, 
