CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 563 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Thirteen; two taken at Ottawa by Mr. G. R. White; one at Ot- 
tawa by Prof. Macoun; one at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saund- 
ers; one at Carberry, Manitoba, by Mr. EF. Thompson-Seton ; one 
at Indian Head, Assa., two at Banff, Rocky Mountains, one at 
Trail, B.C., two at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., and two at Huntington, 
B.C., all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
One set of four eggs taken at Ottawa, Ont. 
FamiLy XLVII. LANIIDAS, SuHrikeEs. 
CCXXIT. LANIUS Linnaus. 1758. 
621. Northern Shrike. 
Lantus borealis VIEILL. 1807. 
Not common at Fort Chimo, Labrador; breeds there; young 
taken by the hand and unable to fly, June 30th, 1884 ; said to be 
common in the southern portion of Labrador. (fackard.) A 
young female was taken at Lake Melville, eastern Labrador, July 
29th, 1891. (Vorton.) One observed at Moose Factory, June gth, 
1896; also one at Seal Lake, Labrador, July 24th; apparently rare. 
(Spreadborough.) Rather rare in Newfoundland and may breed. 
(Reeks.) Rare in Nova Scotia in winter, only single specimens 
seen. (Downs.) One individual seen on Sable Island, N.S., in 
November, 1902. (James Boutewler.) Seen at Sydney, Cape 
Breton Island,on March 8th, and April 13th and 20th, 1g02. (C. 
R. Harte.) An uncommon fall and winter visitant at St. John, N.B. 
{(Chamberlain.) A rare permanent resident at Scotch Lake, York 
Co., N.B.; possibly breeds. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Beauport ; 
resident in Quebec. (Dzonne.) A common winter visitant at Mon- 
treal ; observed here from October 20th to April 11th, and I 
believe I saw one as late as May 23rd, 1891, at Cote St. Antoine, 
on the mountain side. (W2ntle.) 
Moderately common winter resident around Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) A few of these birds are met with in eastern 
Ontario in fall or winter; I have seen it in the county of Leeds as 
early as October and late into the spring; it rarely breeds here; I 
have only met with the nest twice, once in Quebec, a nest contain- 
ing seven eggs on the 22nd April, and once in thecounty of Leeds 
in a tall thorn bush among woods; this bird frequents the neigh- 
