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foundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, 
Quebec and Ontario westward. We have records of its occur- 
rence in all these provinces, but not as being anywhere common. 
Hutchins records it from Fort Severn, Hudson bay. 
After long watching I at last found a small colony of these birds 
(seven in number) in a cedar swamp some miles from the city of 
Ottawa, Ont., and secured a fine pair on the rst November, 1got. 
(G. R. White.) Rarely observed in eastern Ontario. One speci- 
men shot near Lynn, Leeds county, in the fall of 1893. (Rev. C. J. 
Young.) Common fall migrant, but rare summer resident, at 
Toronto, Ont. (/. A. Fleming.) 
This is a tolerably common summer resident in Manitoba, and 
evidently breeds throughout the province. (EF. T. Seton.) One 
of the most regular breeding species in Manitoba, and observed 
occasionally in 1906 west to Edmonton in the more wooded dis- 
tricts. (Atkinson.) One seen at Indian Head, Sask., on April 
13th, 1892, but not seen again until June. The one killed had a 
white-footed mouse and some large beetles in its stomach. On 
May 8th, 1894, a pair was seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., and others 
were seen on Old Wives creek, Sask., May 1895; it was not observed 
anywhere in the Rocky mountains, but was not uncommon in the 
woods at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897; a pair seen at Sicamous, 
B.C., in July, 1889, and a single specimen at Penticton, April 23rd, 
1903. (Spreadborough.) This bird has been found as far north 
as lat. 60°, and probably exists as far north as the forest extends. 
It is plentiful in the woods skirting the Saskatchewan plains, and 
frequents the shores of Hudson bay only in summer. (Rzchardson.) 
North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie; rare. (Ross.) Com- 
mon throughout British Columbia. (Lord.) Rare; I have taken 
it on Vancouver island only. (Fannin.) Not common in the 
lower Fraser valley; resident; not uncommon on Lake Okanagan 
in the winter of 1897-98; resides in the Cariboo district of British 
Columbia throughout the winter. (Brooks.) Rare everywhere but 
likely to turn up anywhere in British Columbia. (Rhoads.) 
BREEDING NotTEes.—Not common, breeds in old crow’s nests. 
Eggs five or six. (W. E. Saunders.) A pair found breeding in an 
old rough-legged hawk’s nest. on Bear creek, Sask., with five eggs 
nearly hatched, June 2nd, 1905. (A.C. Bent.) Tolerably common 
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