CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 359 
Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, July, 1898. Seen near 
Brackley point, Prince Edward island; not common, June 23rd, 
1888. (Macoun.) One reached Sable island, N.S., during a north- 
west gale on September 30th, 1905, and another June 3rd 1906. 
(J. Boutelier.) Rather rare and not often seen on Prince Edward 
island. It usually nests in hollow trees. Not rare at Baddeck, 
Cape Breton island. (Dwight.) A common summer resident in 
New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) A common summer resident 
and breeds at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) 
Common in the Restigouche valley, N.B.; nesting in trees. (Brit- 
tain and Cox.) Common summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) 
Numerous about Grenville and throughout the valley of the Rouge, 
Argenteuil county, Que., 1856. (D’Urban.) Summer resident at 
Montreal; abundant; breeds in the city, attaching their nests 
against the inside walls of chimneys. (Wvntle.) 
An abundant summer resident, breeding in immense numbers 
in the great chimneys of the Parliament buildings. Early in May 
they begin to arrive and by the end of the month they congregate 
in thousands and late in the evening begin to descend in a constant 
spiral stream into a large chimney in the western block. In the first 
week of February, 1883, a chimney swift came down a chimney 
in the house of Dr. J. F. Whiteaves, Assistant Director of the Geo- 
logical Survey. It was caught and examined by him and remained 
alive for several days. A similar instance is known to have occurred 
in Toronto. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common summer 
resident at Toronto, Ont.; abundant in Muskoka and Parry Sound 
districts. (J. H. Fleming.) A common resident throughout 
western Ontario. (W. FE. Saunders.) Common in Algonquin 
park, Ont., some nesting in a chimney at Cache lake and others 
in hollow trees; common at Missinabi, Ont., in June, 1904. (Spread- 
borough.) Nesting on the inside wall of an outbuilding near the 
railway station at Alymer, Ont. (A. G. Kingston.) Vol. V. of 
The Ottawa Naturalist, pp. 89-104, contains a very complete des- 
cription of the Ottawa colony of chimney swifts by Mr. A. G. King- 
ston. The whole article should be read by those interested in this 
bird. 
A tolerably common summer resident in Manitoba, but dimin- 
ishing westward. (E.T.Seton.) A common breeding species throughout 
Manitoba and west to Edmonton, Alta., along the line of the G.T.P. 
