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range reaching to the 68th parallel, or as far north as the woods 
extend. It reaches the Saskatchewan about the end of April, 
and jis. at “Great ‘Bear Lake, Lat.: 65?) by the 3rd° of. May, 
generally in pairs. (Rtchardson.) North onthe Mackenzie River 
to Fort Good Hope; common... (oss.) This bird is fairly 
abundant in the neighbourhood of Fort Anderson, and they were 
frequently observed as far as the eastern limits of the forest, as 
wellas near the ‘‘crossing”’ of the Horton River in about Lat. 69°. 
The twenty-five nests discovered were built in trees from five to 
eight feet from the ground. (Macfarlane.) This species is a 
regular summer resident in northern Alaska wherever trees and 
bushes are found, reaching the vicinity of the sea-coast; in 
northern Alaska it reaches Lat. 70°. (JVelson.) This bird is one 
of the earliest land birds to arrive at St. Michael. It is not 
common there and does not breed in the vicinity to my knowl- 
edge. (Zurner.) Saw two specimens at Log Cabin, in the White 
Pass, on June 15th, 1899. Osgood took a specimen near Fort 
Yukon, Alaska, and a small flock was seen near St. Michael. 
( Bishop.) Two males were shot at Tyonek, Cook’s Inlet, Alaska, 
in September, 1899. (Osgood.) 
BREEDING Nores.—Met with at London asa rare migrant in 
spring and more common in the fall, but in North Bruce it breeds 
sparingly on the inland lakes where I found a nest on June oth, 
1887. The nest was placed in a maple shrub, two feet over the 
water and was made of tamarac and other twigs lined with green 
grass, with mud between it and the exterior twigs. It contained 
three eggs whose spots are more rufous and ground colour more 
greenish than those of Brewer’s blackbird. (W. EF. Saunders.) 
Gradually pushing. east it has always been rare at Toronto, but 
Mr. J. Hughes-Samuel found a pair nesting at Toronto Island in 
the spring of 1900. (/. H. Fleming.) A few pairs nest in northern 
Assiniboia but most of the birds go further north to nest. It is 
often confounded with Brewer’s blackbird as the nests and eggs 
resemble each other. (W. Raime.) Arrived at Edmonton, Alta., 
‘May 20th, 1897; on June 1oth found a nest with four young and 
one egg. The nest was placed upon a spruce tree which had 
fallen a number of years before and was bleached white by the 
weather and was hanging horizontally over a small pond, that was 
in the heavy timber near the river. The tree was about a foot 
from the water, where the nest was. I also found an old nest 
upon a heap of old spruce brush in the same pond. The nest was 
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