422 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
occurs plentifully in southern portions of Labrador. (Fackard.) 
Common on Moose River to James Bay at Moose Factory ; none’ 
seen further north in 1896. (Spreadborough.) Common in Nova 
Scotia ; a few stop,all winter. (Downs.) A pair seen at Shulee, 
Cumberland Co., N.S., Jan. 2nd, 1899. (Morrell.) Bayley says this 
species is common at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, and breeds. 
(C. R. Harte. Common in summer in Kings Co., N.S.; a few 
remain through the winter. (A. Zufts.) Common at Margaree 
and Baddeck, Cape Breton Island, N.S., July, 1898; breeding in 
the woods at Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, June, 1888. 
(Macoun.) Sparingly distributed ; a restless and roving species, 
and seen singly or in pairs on Prince Edward Island. (Dzwzgiht.) 
A common resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Tolerably 
common summer resident, but very irregular in its time of arrival 
in spring at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; nests in conifers from 
a few feet up in low bushes in pastures to high up in forest trees. 
(W. H. Moore.) Rather rare in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; a male 
seen and others heard on the MagdalenIslands. (Szshop.) Com- 
in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Bv7ittain & Cox.) An abundant 
species of general distribution about the shores of the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence and its islands. (Srewster.) Rather common summer 
resident in eastern Quebec. (Dzonne.) A common summer resid- 
ent but some remain all winter. Breeds on the island of Montreal. 
I found a nest containing four eggs, June 20th, 1891, in Mount 
Royal park, built in a small spruce tree; have noticed them from 
Feby. 5th to Oct. 25th; often feeding in winter on mountain ash 
berries. (Wintle.) 
A common summer resident at Ottawa, Ont.; abundant in migra- 
tion. There are a few winter records of this species one of which 
is Dec. 29th,1885. (Ottawa Naturaist,Vol.V.) A common summer 
resident in the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka. (/. Z. 
Fleming.) Abundant at Cache Lake, Algonquin Park, Ont.; breed- 
ing in low, wet woods. (Spreadborough.) Often seen in numbers 
but certainly a much less frequent summer resident than formerly. 
In 1886 many stayed all summer in London, Ont., where they had 
been-scarce during several previous years. In 1899 its scarcity 
was remarkable. It is seen the whole year round but most notice- 
ably common in spring. (IV. £. Saunders.) A common migrant 
in spring and fall at Guelph, Ont.; arrives about April 15th and 
leaves about Oct. 4th ; a few breed. (A. B. Klugh.) This species 
