CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 373 
towards spring in Cumberland Co., N.S. (C.H. Morrell.) Common 
resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. (C.2. Harvie.) Common 
resident King’s Co., N.S. They are great destroyers of eggs and 
young birds. (77. 7u/ts.) Rather common at Baddeck and Margaree, 
Cape Breton Island, N.S., July, 1898; one pair seen at Brackley 
Point, Prince Edward Island, June 25th, 1888. (MJacoun.) A 
small flock was seen at Plaster Cove near Port Hawksbury, Cape 
Breton Island, but none elsewhere. (Avewster.) Not abundant 
on Prince Edward Island, and only occasionally met with. 
(Deig hit.) 
An abundant resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Com- 
mon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Taken 
at Beauport ; common in Quebec. (Lzonne.) Abundant every- 
where, but extremely numerous at Hamilton’s farm in August, 
1858, Argenteuil Co., Que. (D’Uréban.) Transient visitant at 
Montreal, but common. I have observed this jay here in March, 
May, June, September, October, November and December, and it 
is likely that a few winter in the district. (Wendle.) Permanent 
resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. They are very destruc- 
tive to eggs and young birds, but very shy about their own nests, 
and during their nesting season, May 20th—July 2oth, they are 
very quiet. (W. H. Moore.) 
A common and permanent resident in the Ottawa district; 
more common in summer. (Odtawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common 
in winter along the St. Lawrence, a few breeding. I have seen 
the nest in the counties of Leeds and Renfrew. The eggs are 
laid about the middle of May. I observed this bird breeding on 
the Magdalen Islands. (Rev. C./. Young.) One of the most 
abundant resident birds in the Parry Sound and Muskoka dis- 
iets. (J. Af: Fleming’) 
Not seen west of Pembina where it was abundant. (Cowes.) 
This is a tolerably common summer resident in all the wooded 
parts of Manitoba, many retire to the thick woods in winter. 
(Thompson-Seton.) Several individuals were seen in the groves of 
Quercus macrocarpa, at West Selkirk, Manitoba. (Predles.) This 
very handsome jay visits the Northwest Territories in summer up 
to Lat. 56°, but seldom approaches Hudson Bay. (Aichardson.) 
Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) I saw in 
the post residence near Chemawawin, Grand Rapids of Saskatche- 
wan, a mounted specimen of this species, which had been killed 
by an Indian and mounted by Mrs. King, the wife of the post- 
