CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 321 
Tufts.) Never seen around St. John, N.B., but common inland in 
summer. (Chamberlain.) A tolerably common summer resident York 
county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Common summer resident. Breeds 
in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Que. (Wdntle.) Summer resident 
in Quebec; taken at Beauport. (Dionne.) Common summer resi- 
dent around Ottawa, Ont. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This 
species is a regular summer resident in Ontario, and though not 
abundant is generally distributed. (McIlwraith.) Fairly common 
around Toronto, and breeds; generally distributed over the Parry 
Sound and Muskoka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Formerly much 
more common than at present; it is not usual to find more than a 
single pair of birds in a suitable small piece of woods. Their habit 
of having eggs and young in the same nest is well known. (W. E. 
Saunders.) On July 6th, 1900, one specimen came into the potato 
patch at Cache lake, Algonquin Park, Ont., and fed on the potato 
bugs. (Spreadborough.) 
This species is a common summer resident throughout the wooded 
‘parts of Manitoba and has been taken by myself at Carberry and 
Shoal lake, near Duck mountain. (E. T. Seton.) A regular breeding 
species, quite common in Manitoba but not noted by me west of 
Fort Ellice. (Atkinson.) Apparently a rare species west of Mani- 
toba. A female was first seen at Indian Head, Sask., June 24th, 
1892, in a willow thicket; in a few days another female was seen 
and shot and an egg was found in her oviduct, which shows that 
the species breeds there. On the 19th May, 1894, one was seen at 
Medicine Hat, Sask., and another in the same place on June 3rd. 
None seen further west. (Spreadborough.) One seen by Mr. Day 
on Skulkereek, Sask.,- June 5th, 1905. (A.C. Bent.) 
BREEDING NOTES.—Summer resident, common. Breeds in Mount 
Royal Park. I have found their nests, containing eggs, from June 
4th to July 22nd. Observed here from May 21st to September 5th, 
Their nests are generally built in thorn bushes, from one to eight 
feet above the ground, but small cedar trees are favourite building 
sites for them as well. This bird appears to have a remarkable 
habit of laying fresh eggs while those already laid are being incub- 
ated and hatched. The naked younglings are black in colour, and 
repulsive looking, but they harmonize with the nest, which is a 
slight structure of dead twigs, with a very shallow cavity, lined 
with a few dead leaves, the nest being very small for the size of the 
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