CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 683 
nest hole is that the orifice is smeared with rosin from the neigh- 
bouring spruce or pine trees, carried by the bird. I did not notice 
any nests in the pine or spruce themselves. About Lansdowne, 
Leeds Co., the bird is uncommon even in late spring. (Rev. 
C.J. Young.) A common breeding resident in Parry Sound and 
Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Abundant everywhere in 
Algonquin Park, Ont., in summer. (Spreadborough.) A common 
migrant in southern Ontario. Two specimens were noted near 
Wiarton in North Bruce, Ont., on June 1tgth, 1889, which were 
probably breeding. (W. &. Saunders.) A passing migrant at 
Guelph, Ont. (4.4. XKlugh.) A common resident at Penetangui- 
shene, Ont., throughout the year. (A. F. Young.) 
A very rare summer resident in Manitoba especially in the Red 
River valley. (Zhompson-Seton.) Very abundant in the fall migra- 
tion at Aweme, Manitoba. (Morman Criddle.) One shot at Medicine 
Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; a few seen on Lee’s Creek, near Cardston, 
Alta., in July, 1895; not common in the Peace River country, very 
few seen during the season of 1903; tolerably common in the 
spruce woods at Edmonton, Alta., June 12th, 1897, found a nest 
in a hole in a live poplar about 16 feet from the ground, the young 
were in the nest ; common from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass 
in June, 1898 ; not uncommon in the foothills south to Crow’s 
Nest Pass; common and breeding in the woods at Banff, Rocky 
Mountains, inthe summer of 1891; acommon summer resident at 
Revelstoke, B.C.; and at Deer Park, and Robson, on the Columbia 
River, where they were breeding in the thick woods; summer 
resident near the International Boundary between Trail and Cas- 
cade, B.C., in 1902; common both in the valley and on the hills at 
Penticton, south of Lake Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903, nesting 
quite early in April; common in the coniferous woods at Kam- 
loops, Spence’s Bridge, Agassiz and Hastings, B.C., in 1889; ob- 
served a few all summer in the woods all along the Chilliwack 
River and Lake, in the Fraser valley in 1901; acommon resident 
throughout Vancouver Island. (Spreadborough.) Not rare between 
Athabasca Landing and Lesser Slave River; first seen May 2gth; 
not rare on the Clearwater River up to Methye Portage. (/. . 
Macoun.) British Columbia. (Zord.) Common on the coast and 
in the interior. (Szveator.) Common east and west of Coast 
Range; winters on Vancouver Island. (Fannin.) Tolerably com- 
mon resident from the valley at Chilliwack to timber line on 
