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CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 3907 
at Charlesbourg ; rare summer resident in Quebec. (Déonne.) An 
abundant resident in the district of Montreal; observed from 
April 12th to November Ist. (Wintle.) Common in Argenteuil 
Co., Que. ; very common in the marshes along the Ottawa River, 
Ont. (D’Urban.) A common resident in the district around Ot- 
tawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vo\.V.) Verycommoneverywhere I have 
been in Ontario. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common in marshy districts 
along large rivers in the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka. (/. 
H. Fleming.) A few pairs were nesting in the marsh along the Mada- 
waska River below Cache Lake, also a few at Source Lake, Algon- 
quin Park,June, 1900. (Spreadborough.) This species was only noticed 
at Pembina and was not nearly so common as Brewer’s blackbird 
nor the yellow-headed one. The country was not suited for them. 
(Coues.) An abundant summer resident in Manitoba, frequenting 
the borders of willow-edged swamps. (7hompson-Seton.) This is 
an abundant species in the bushy part of the prairie region ; it is 
always found where there is a marsh bordered by willows in 
which it prefers to breed. It was common at Indian Head, Assa., 
in 1892; at Medicine Hat, Crane Lake and Cypress Hills in 1894 ; 
in 1895 it was abundant at Moose Jaw and Old Wives’ Creek in 
eastern Assiniboia ; southward they were breeding at the forks of 
that creek; also in a marsh at 30-Mile Lake and at 12-Mile Lake ; 
after this they became scarcer and only a few were seen at Wood 
Mountain at the police post and at Medicine Lodge 16 miles 
south. After this none were seen for 50 miles to the west as the 
country was without water. A few were seen along Frenchman’s 
River and at East End Post and in the marshes of the creeks flow- 
ing south out of the Cypress Hills ; a few were observed in the 
Milk River valley, above Kennedy’s crossing. It is common in 
northern Alberta and was quite common at Edmonton in 1897. 
(Spreadborough.) Common in the Red River valley and abundant 
about the marshes below Robinson Portage, where two speci- 
mens were collected June 27th, 901. A number was seen near 
Oxford House, Keewatin, July 4th, in the marsh between 
Oxford and Back lakes. (Predles.) Common at the Grand 
Rapids of the Saskatchewan. (WV«utting.) Common summer 
resident between the forks of the Saskatchewan, frequenting the 
willows and poplar-edged sloughs and marshes where it breeds 
in numbers. (Coubeaux.) Common at Methye Portage, Lat. 56° 
30’ in the spring ; very common at the discharge of Methye 
Lake in July, 1888; not seen elsewhere. (/. 17. Macoun.) This 
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