CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 691 
sprinkling of dried moss. (Mac/fariane.) The habitat of this bird 
includes, as far as known, the spruce forests in northeastern Siberia, 
extending acrossa very similar region in the northern half of Alaska 
and reaching the Anderson River on the east. (We/son.) Several 
specimens of Parus were obtained from various localities in the 
Yukon district. They were referred to the species cenctus. Later 
examinations show that these are identical with P. odtectus, Cab. 
( Turner.) 
740. Hudsonian Chickadee. 
Parus hudsonicus FoRST. 1772. 
Abundant everywhere in the wooded tracts. Young were 
obtained, July 19th, 1882, at Davis Inlet, and early in August at 
Fort Chimo. (Packard.) Observed a number about 15 miles 
inland from Richmond Gulf, July 6th, 1896; next observed at 
George’s River, September 18th, where they were common. 
(Spreadborough.) Breeds; is common, and does not migrate from 
Newfoundland. (eeks.) 
A rather common resident at Halifax, N.S. (Downs.) Not 
uncommon at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton Island, July, 
1898; common in spruce trees at Brackley Point, Prince Edward 
Island, June 26th, 1888. (Macoun.) Tolerably common on Prince 
Edward Island. (Dwight.) Met with at all seasons at St. John, 
N.B. (Chamberlain.) A common permanent resident at Scotch 
Lake, York Co., N.B. (.!. H. Moore.) Not uncommon in the 
Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common on the 
Magdalen Islands. (Béskop.) Not so common as the black-capped 
chickadee. It breeds in the northern part of Quebec province ; 
taken at Beauport. (Déonne.) A rare wister visitant at Montreal. 
Mr. Kuetzing has found this species in Hochelaga woods from 
November Ist to December 7th. (Winile.) 
A moderately common winter migrant at Ottawa; early fall 
records are October 3Ist, 1883 and October, 20th, 1889. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) This seems to be the commonest chickadee 
on the Magdalen Islands; I met with it frequently there in June, 
1897, and found two nests containing young the middle of that 
month. The nest was built ina small spruce stump about two 
feet down, the hole being entered from the top. In one case the 
nest rested on the ground, the stump being not more than eighteen 
