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but have seen them carrying nest material in the latter part of 
March. They took wool and straw from robin’s and cedar bird’s 
nests. (W. H. Moore.) 
This species rarely visits the immediate neighbourhood of 
Ottawa, though commonin the hills to the north of it. (Od¢tewa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common along the Ottawa in county of 
Renfrew near the lumber camps. It breeds very early in spring. 
I have seen one as far south as the county of Leeds, near West- 
port, Ont. (Rev. C. /. Young.) Commonin the Parry Sound dis- 
trict; reported only as a winter resident in Muskoka by Mr. Kay. 
(J. H. Fleming.) Found very abundant at Whitney near Algon- 
quin Park, in the fall and winter of 1898. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Reported from North Bruce, but not reported from the London 
district. (W. &. Saunders.) 
This species was reported at Norway House, Keewatin, and was 
seen nearly every day from there to York Factory ; specimens 
were taken on the Echimamish, at Oxford House and at York 
Factory ; several were seen at Fort Churchill. (Predbles.) 
A common resident in wooded sections, especially among ever- 
greens, in Manitoba; it becomes more abundant in the northern 
parts of the province. (Zhompson-Seton.) On May 11th, 1892, 
two individuals were seen at Indian Head, Assa.; after this no 
others were seen. Observed three April 26th, 1897, at Edmonton, 
Alta. Tolerably common there ; a farmer near Red Deer, Alta., 
found a nest with eggs in a hollow tree the first week in March. 
Another farmer while cutting wood near Edmonton?found a nest 
with eggs in a spruce tree the first week in March. (Spread- 
borough.) Abundant at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. 
(Nutting.) This species inhabits the wooded districts from Lat. 
_56° to eastern Canada. (Aichardson.) North on the Mackenzie 
to Lapierre’s House ; abundant. (oss.) Tolerably numerous in 
the wooded country, even to its northern and eastern limits, but 
none were observed by us on the“ barrens” proper, west or east 
of Horton River, nor on the Arctic coast. (Macfarlane.) From 
the head waters of the Yukon to the mouth of the Tanana River 
occur birds which are almost typical representatives of the jay 
found in British America. (lVelson.) This bird comes to the 
Saskatchewan as soon as the winter is here and is then "seen in 
numbers everywhere (Coubeaux.) Abundant all over the interior 
north of the Saskatchewan. (/. JZ. Macoun.) 
