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borough.) Abundant in some parts of British Columbia. (Zord.) 
I met with this bird only at Ashcroft, where one specimen was 
taken and a few moreseen. (Streator.) East of Coast Range 
only; a rare summer resident; breeds at Cache Creek. (Fannin.) 
Rare at Ashcroft and disappearing midway between Ashcroft and 
Clinton, on the Bonaparte River; more numerous at Kamloops, 
and abundant around Swan Lake, at Vernon, B.C. (Rhoads.) 
Abundant east of Coast Range; a few pairs breed west of it at 
Chilliwack, B.C. (Bvooks.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Ten; seven taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; three 
at Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
CLXXXI. SCOLECOPHAGUS Swainson. 1831. 
509. Rusty Blackbird. 
Scolecophagus carolinus (MiLu.) RrpGw. 1885. 
Common in Labrador; breeds at Fort Chimo, where young just 
from the nest were obtained July roth, 1884. (Packard.) One 
pair observed on Moose River, June 2nd, 1896; doubtless breed- 
ing; tolerably common in marshes from Richmond Gulf to Un- 
gava; seen in flocks in the interior, July 24th. (Spreadborough.) 
A regular and common summer migrant in Newfoundland. 
(Reeks.) Fairly common along the Humber River, Newfound- 
land, 1899. (Louis H. Porter.) Common summer resident in 
Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Fairly common from the last of March 
till September ‘in Kings'’€o.;N’S! "(Al 77s.) “Bayley saysvat 
breeds freely in the alders near Sydney, Cape Breton Island. 
First seen May 7th, common by June 8th, and remained all sum- 
mer. (C. R. Harte.) Occasionally seen at Baddeck and Mar- 
garee, Cape Breton Island, N.S. (JZacoun.) A flock of twenty 
or more, largely young birds, near east point of Prince Edward 
Island, was seen July 7th; these were the only ones observed 
although I had heard of their occurrence before. (Dwight.) 
An irregular summer visitor in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) 
A common spring and autumn migrant at Scotch Lake, York Co., 
N.B. Have heard recently that this species breeds at Benton, 
Carleton Co. (IW. H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport; a migrant in 
spring and autumn in Quebec. (Déonmne.) Breeds abundantly in 
