426 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
to him, and they turned out to be only eggs of the English 
sparrow. I have no record of this bird from Alberta, but it is 
only a matter of time when it will extend its range right to the 
Rocky Mountain foothills. (W. Razne.) 
CLXXXVIII. LOXTIA Linnatus. 1758. 
521. American Crossbill. 
Loxia curvirostra minor (BREHM) Ripew. 1885. 
One specimen taken in Hudson Strait. It flew on board ship 
and was presented by Dr. Matthews. (Dr. R. Bell.) Common 
throughout the year on Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Common ; 
arrives after the breeding season in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 
Usually very abundant in summer when large roving flocks are to 
be met with everywhere in Kings Co., N.S.; a nest containing 
three young was taken early in August, 1896. (A. Tufts.) Three 
seen on Sable Island,N.S., July 2nd, 1902. (James Bouteiller.) 1 did 
not see this species in Cumberland Co., N.S., until March when it 
became common. At that time the males were in full song, and 
the birds were paired, male and female always being seen together. 
I judged both this and the next species would breed in April. 
(Morrell.. Common in woods at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape 
Breton Island, July, 1898; in spruce trees at Brackley Point, Prince 
Edward Island, Aug. 12, 1888. (J/acoun.) Abundant in flocks, 
mixed with the following species, feeding chiefly on larch trees 
on Prince Edward Island. (Dwight.) A rather common resident 
in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Not uncommon in the Res- 
tigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Rare on the Magdalen 
Islands ; a male seen on Grindstone Island. (Bzshop.) Taken at 
Charlesbourg ; common summer resident in eastern Quebec. 
(Dionne.) A transient visitant but common; they are very erratic 
in their movements and may appear at Montrealat any time during 
the year,but I have never heard of them breeding in this district; I 
saw a small flock of this species May 14th, 1883, at Cote St. An- 
toine, feeding on the cones of alarch tree. (Wintle.) A common 
summer visitor at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) A 
common winter resident at Ottawa, Ont. The summer records 
are as follows : May 10, 1882; August 4, 1887; June 19, 1889; and 
July 3,1890. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) In the winter of 1897 
this bird was very common in Ontario ; and in 1898 I saw a pair 
