566 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
in the thickest part of the bush. I visited the nest again on 26th 
April when it contained 7 eggs. Incubation had commenced. The 
old birds were wild and kept away from the nest. The latter was 
compact and very firm, built with thorns and sticks outside, and 
lined with grass, bits of rag, hair and feathers. These eggs are 
like the other shrikes, but are larger and want the zone at the 
large end. Though I have often seen the bird since in the 
winter and early spring, I never met. with another nest. (Rev. 
GC. J. Young.) On June 11thj ool at, Crescent wale ne asa 
came across a nest and 6 eggs of the northern shrike, and secured 
the parent bird. The nest was built in a fire-killed willow at the 
edge of a bluff looking out over the prairie and built about five 
feet from the ground. The nest is a fine specimen, well built, 
about g inches in-diameter, and composed externally of twigs and 
willow leaves. The centre is deep and well felted with down and 
animal’s fur,and the eggs are larger than those of the white- 
rumped shrike. I have another large well-built nest and 6 eggs 
that Mr. Wenman took at Spotted Lake, northern Alberta on 
June 7th, 1897. This nest was also built in a willow 7 feet from 
the ground. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. , 
Ten; fourtaken at Ottawa by Prof. and W. T. Macoun; four 
taken at Indian Head, Assa., and two at Revelstoke, B.C. by Mr. 
Spreadborough. 
One set of eggs taken at Lansdowne, Ont., by Rev. C. J. Young, 
April 24th, 1895. 
622). Migrant Shrike. 
Lantus ludovicianus migrans PALMER. 1898. 
A rare summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; it 
bred here in 19co; have seen five young with one pair of adults. 
(W. H. Moore.) This bird is sometimes seen in Quebec. (Zz0nne.) 
A common summer resident at Montreal; breeds within the 
city limits. (Wintle.) A rare summer resident at Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vo\. V.) This bird appears to be more com- 
mon or at any rate has been noticed more during the last two 
years in the neighbourhood of Ottawa. During August and Sept- 
ember, 1903, I saw several pairs and their young in March town- 
ship, and saw one pair building their nest near Janeville on the 
