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386 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
dalen Islands. (Béshop.) Very common along the shores of the 
islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, migrating on the approach of 
winter. (Bvewster.) A common summer resident in Quebec. 
(Dionne.) Plentiful in Argenteuil Co., Que., up to 1oth December, 
a few seen in January, and aburmdant by the last of February. 
(D'Urban.) A rare permanent resident but a common summer 
one at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W. A. Moore.) An abun- 
dant permanent resident at Montreal, not so often seen during 
the winter months but sometimes appearing in large flocks at 
Cote St. Paul alongside the railway tracks. (Wantle.) A common 
species on Hudson Bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) Very abundant in the 
Ottawa district insummer but scarce in winter. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) This bird has become very common in eastern Ontario 
in recent years. On Wolfe Island it has become a pest, destroy- 
ing many eggs of the smaller birds, and taking young chickens 
and other birds. I sawa field last October (1900) literally covered 
with crows; they were as numerous as blackbirds. A few remain 
along the St. Lawrence all winter, and I have seen them in the 
coldest weather. (Rev. C./. Young.) Abundant about the settle- 
ments in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Rather scarce in Algonquin Park, only a few pairs breeding. 
(Spreadborough.) During the cold weather of February, 1895, at 
Toronto these birds seemed to suffer severely from the elements 
combined with the scarcity of food ; many becoming so exhausted 
as to only be able to fly short distances. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) 
A few were seen about Lake Winnipeg and Norway House, Kee- 
watin, and a small number noted nearly every day between 
Norway House and York Factory. They were common at York 
Factory, and a few were seen at Fort Churchill, and one 50 miles 
south of Cape Eskimo. (Predles.) 
According to my observation, crows are not very common in the 
region under consideration (Lat. 49°), though I saw a good many 
along the Mouse (Souris) River. The species occurs, however, 
along the whole Missouri River. A nest containing five eggs, with 
the female parent, was secured on Quaking Ash River, June 26th, 
1874. (Coues.) A common summer resident throughout Mani- 
toba. (ZLhompson-Seton.) This crow is seen in the interior of the 
Northwest Territories in summer only and does not go beyond 
Lat. 55° nor approach within five or six hundred miles of Hudson 
Bay. (Richardson.) North on the Mackenzie River to Lat. 61° ; 
abundant. (Aoss.) On the roth May, 1865, an Esquimaux snared 
