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master. (Vuttng.) Not an uncommon resident but more fre- 
quently seen in winter along the wooded banks of the Saskatche- 
wan and inthe well wooded parts of the prairie. (Coubeaux.) Not 
rare around Athabasca Landing, May 22nd,1888, and up the Atha- 
basca to Lesser Slave River ; one specimen was taken three miles 
up the Clearwater River from Fort McMurray in Lat. 56° 30’; 
said to be quite common around Isle ala Crosse Lake and to 
winter there. (/. 17. Macoun.) One observed, June 8th, 1897, at 
Edmonton, Alta., eating a young bird; the only one seen. 
(Spreadborougn.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Found nesting in a hemlock tree near 
Beechwood, Ottawa. The nest was composed of sticks lined 
with weeds, grass and down. Eggs four, clay colour with brown 
spots. (G. R. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine ; two taken at Ottawa and one at Belleville, Ont., by Prof. 
Macoun. One taken at Ottawa and another at London, Ont., by 
W.E. Saunders. Two taken by S. Herring at Toronto, Ont. ; and 
one in Algonquin Park, Ont., by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Three sets of eggs. One set of three taken at Port Durham, 
Ont., by Mr. Osbert Byers in 1893; one set of three at Minden, 
Ont., by Mr. A. A. Cole, June 15th, 1896; nest built of dead 
tamarac twigs in a black ash tree about 18 feet from the ground, 
One set of five taken at Berlin, Ont., by Mr. W. Raine, May 28th, 
1899. Nest in an oak tree about eight feet from the ground, built 
of twigs, roots and grass. 
478. Steller’s Jay. 
Cyanocitta stelleri (GMEL.) STRICKL. 1845. 
This species was common in the vicinity of Hastings and 
Agassiz, B.C., west of Coast Range in May, 1889; abundant around 
Chilliwack and Huntington, B.C., in the summer of Ig01 ; a very 
common resident throughout Vancouver Island, nesting late in 
April. (Spreadborough.) An abundant resident east and west of 
the Coast Range ; breeds both on the island, and on mainland of 
British Columbia. (/annin.) Quite common resident in the 
lower Fraser Valley, B.C. (Bvrooks.) Found only on the coast 
and west of the Coast Range. (Rhoads.) Common along the 
edge of the timber near the shore wherever I landed around 
Sitka, Alaska. (Grinnell.) Several specimens were taken by C. 
