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station at Davis Inlet ; Audubon states that few were seen by him 
in Labrador. (Packard.) An abundant summer visitor in Nova 
Scotia. Comes when the red maple is in bloom. (Downs.) 
Rather common at Baddeck and other parts of Cape Breton Island; 
August, 1898. (Jacoun.) Not observed but undoubtedly occurs on 
Prince Edward Island. Mr. Earle showed me a stuffed specimen. 
(Dwight.) An occasional summer resident at St. John, N.B. 
(Chamberlain.) Summer resident, but not common; breeds at 
Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Taken at Beau- 
port; acommon summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) Seen 
from May 27th to August 12th, 1858, in Argenteuil Co., Que. 
(D' Urban.) Summer resident at Montreal; common. Breeds in 
the city gardens and in Mount Royal Park, but their nests are not 
often found on account of their diminutiveness. On their arrival 
in Montreal in spring the flowers of. the wild gooseberry and 
lilac bushes are their favorite resorts and later on they frequent 
horse-chestnut blossoms, wild columbine and cultivated flowers. 
(Winttle.) 
Common summer resident at Ottawa. A nest with two fresh 
eggs was taken July 12th, 1890, by Messrs. W. E. & F. A. Saunders. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Plentiful during migration in Mus- 
koka and Parry Sound districts. At Emsdale, the males arrive 
soon after the 15th of May, the females a few days later ; I think 
some go further north but a great many remain to breed. (/. H. 
Fleming.) Not common in Algonquin Park, Ont., only three 
observed from May 25th to June 17th, 1soo. (Spreadborough.) 
Common at Kew Beach, Toronto. Several pairs visit my garden 
every summer and feed on the flowers of the nasturtiums and 
scarlet-runners. (W. Raine.) This species is a common summer 
resident around Winnipeg and westward in diminishing numbers. 
Macoun took it at the head of Lake Winnipegoosis, Aug. 16th, 
1881. (Zhompson-Seton.) We obtained specimens of this species 
on the plains of the Saskatchewan, and Mr. Drummond found one 
of its nests near the source of the Athabasca River. This nest 
was composed principally of the down of the anemone, bound 
together with a few stalks of moss and bits of lichen. It ranges 
in summer as far north as Lat. 57° and may go even further. 
( Richardson.) | 
BREEDING Notes.—Generally distributed in Ontario. Breeds 
commonly about the middle of June. One nest I saw was on the 
outermost branch of a beech. The eggs were destroyed by black- 
