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bourhood of villages in winter; I have a stuffed specimen that 
was caught in the village of Lansdowne, Ont., having flown against 
a window in an attempt to get at a canary that was keptina cage 
inside. (Rev. C.J. Young.) A not uncommon winter resident in 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; I have met them at Sand 
Lake in October, 1899. (/. ff. Fleming.) A few reach us every 
fall at Toronto and spend the winter with us; paying great atten- 
tion to Passer domesticus. On the 29th October, 1896, I watched 
one for upwards of 30 minutes chasing a bat which had been 
driven from an old shed; the actions of the shrike were most 
quaint, as each time he approached the bat he seemed to hesitate 
to seize it—even granted that he could do so; at last the shrike 
concluded to leave the uncanny object alone and to seek some 
more genial repast. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) An occasional winter 
visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. /. Young.) 
Two specimens were taken at Fort Churchill, where the birds 
were rathercommon July 23rd to 30th, 1901, and one was taken 
and another noted near Painted Stone Portage on September 14th. 
(EZ. A. Prebles.. Taken at York Factory, Hudson Bay. (Dr. R. 
Bell.) Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Clarke.) 
A tolerably common spring and fall visitant in Manitoba. 
(Thompson-Seton.) Very common and regular summer visitor, 
breeding throughout the district around Prince Albert, Sask. 
(Coubeaux.) An individual seen at Fort McMurray, Lat. 56° 40’. 
(J. M. Macoun.) Thisis by no means an uncommon bird in the 
wooded districts of the Northwest Territories up to Lat. 60°, if 
not further north. It is most frequent on the banks of the Sas- 
katchewan where it is usually seen on the borders of the plains, or 
in the vicinity of a lake, perched upona tree. (Azchardson.) North 
to Fort Good Hope on the Mackenzie River; not rare. (oss.) 
A nest of this species containing six eggs was obtained at Fort 
Anderson on IIth June, 1863, afterwards another nest was obtained 
more to the north on the Anderson River. (Macfarlane.) This 
species arrives at Indian Head, Assa., in March, or before, and 
although they became tolerably common in April, all were gone by 
the 21st of that month; only two pairs were seen at Revelstoke, 
B.C., in April, 1890; none were seen at Banff the next year, so that 
it seems to be rare in the Rocky Mountains; one seen at Sumas 
prairie, Fraser River valley, October 4th, 1901; rather rare on 
Vancouver Island. (Spreadborough.) Tolerably abundant in British 
