562 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Isle ala Crosse. (J. WM. Macoun) This species is more southern 
in its habits than» the Bohemian chatterer, and does not pass 
north of Lat. 54° as far as my observations go. Mr. Drummond 
obtained specimens on the Saskatchewan plains on 27th June, 
1827. (Richardson.) Common on Vancouver Island and along 
the Fraser and Columbia rivers. (ZLord.) Common wherever 
there is an abundant food supply; breeds. (Stveator.) A com- 
mon summer resident throughout the province. (Fannin.) Tol- 
erably common summer resident at Chilliwack. Not observed 
at 158-Mile House, B.C., but found breeding at Quesnel, further 
to the north, where it evidently laid its eggs later than the larger 
species. (Bvooks.) A common species in British Columbia, and 
as erratic in presence and abundance as its eastern counterpart. 
(Rhoads.) Large flocks were seen at Seymour Creek, B.C., July 
12th, 1891; other large flocks on Sumas prairie, Octob r 1oth, 
1894, and others again on Sea Island in the Fraser River, B.C. 
(E. &. G. White.) 
BREEDING Nores.—I have often seen the nest in an apple tree 
in an orchard, occasionally in a hemlock, and frequently in a 
young maple; it is not usually built very high up in the tree, gen- 
erally from 10 to 15 feet, but I have seen it as low down as five 
feet and as high as twenty. This bird is, with the exception of 
the goldfinch and the field sparrow, our latest builder; I have seen 
the nest with fresh eggs late in July, and never earlier than the 
18th of June; it is built of straws, grass stalks and wood, and 
lined with hair and feathers; in this respect.it presented a marked 
contrast to the nest I found at Charleston Lake, Leeds Co., and 
from the size of the eggs and location attributed to the last 
species; eggs of the cedar bird vary considerably. (Rev. C. J. 
Young.) 
At Ottawa this species builds in bushes or trees, generally in a 
crotch or saddled on a limb, anest composed of twigs, bark, leaves 
and rootlets ; lined with fine grass, hair and wool; eggs 4, slate 
blue, spotted and blotched with brownish-black. (G. R. White.) 
Nests built in all kinds of trees, never very high up, and made of 
various materials, such as twigs, grasses, rootlets, leaves, plant- 
down, wool and hairs ; four to six eggs are laid in June, July and 
August, near Ottawa and at Lake Nominingue 100 miles north of 
it. (Garneau.) 
