442 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
CXCI. ASTRAGALINUS Casanis. 1851. 
529. American Goldfinch, 
Astragalinus tristis (LINN.) CAB. 1851. 
Kumlien caught an adult male on shipboard off Cape Mugford, 
Labrador (?), August 22nd, 1877; occurs in southern portions of 
Labrador. Nelson writes that a bird called a“ goldfinch”’ was 
described accurately and asserted to occur occasionally at Fort 
Chimo, but he did not succeed in finding it. (Packard.) A com- 
mon summer migrantin Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Heard but not 
seen along the Humber River, Newfoundland, 1899. (Louis H. 
Porter.) Common; a few remain all winter in Nova Scotia. 
(Downs.) A few seen at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton 
Island, July, 1898; one pair seen on Winsloe Road, Prince Edward 
Island, July 21st, 1888. (JZacoun.) A few seen almost daily when 
on Prince Edward Island. (Dwéght.) Mr. Bayley says it is com- 
mon at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, breeding late in June, first 
* seen May 24th, 1891. (C.R&. Harte.) Fairly common throughout 
the year at Wolfville, Kings Co.,N.S. (AH. Tufts.) An abundant 
summer resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Irregular in 
arriving in spring at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; coming from 
February 16th to May 28th; departing from October to December. 
Its nests are placed in deciduous bushes and trees, the eggs num- 
ber from 3-5. I have seen a nest so compactly built that during 
a heavy shower in July it nearly filled with water and the birds 
deserted it. (W. AH. Moore.) Restigouche valley, N.B.; always 
near settlements. (Brittain G Cox.) Common at Gaspé, Quebec, 
but nowhere else on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. (Brewster.) Taken 
at Beauport; a summer resident in eastern Quebec. (Dzonne.) 
An abundant summer resident at Montreal ; breeds in Mount 
Royal Park, nests found containing fresh eggs from July 22nd to 
August 8th ; observed at Montreal from April 7th to November 
18th ; have been seen as late as December 11th, 1890. (Wntle.) 
Abundant summer resident at Ottawa, Ont. It occasionally 
winters here in large flocks as it did in 1888-9. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) Avery common summer resident in Ontario. I have 
seen flocks of this bird in January at Calabogie Lake, Renfrew 
Co. and occasionally at Lansdowne on the St. Lawrence. It isa 
very late breeder, seldom nesting until the middle of June; I have 
seen fresh eggs in August. (Rev. C.J. Young.) An abundant 
