308 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
River Rouge, Argenteuil county, Que. (D’Urban.) Common sum- 
mer resident in the Montreal district. (Wzntle.) 
Common summer resident in the Ottawa district; breeds abun- 
dantly. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common summer resident 
at Toronto, Ont.; abundant in the settled districts as a summer 
resident in the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. (J. H. Flem- 
ang.) Common everywhere along the shores of the lakes in Algon- 
quin park, Ont; a pair nested in a canoe birch overhanging the 
water near the buildings at Cache lake; other birds were nesting 
near them but were not interfered with. On the other hand they 
allowed no other intruders around their tree and sat peacefully on 
the tree or caught flies when necessary in the immediate vicinity. 
One specimen seen at Albany, James bay, August 28th, 1904. 
(Spreadborough.) 
An extremely numerous summer resident wherever there are 
trees throughout Manitoba. (EF. T. Seton.) Common at the 
Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan and at Chemawawin .(Nutting.) 
Common at Aweme, Man., nesting principally in small oaks. 
(Criddle.) First observed at Indian Head, Sask., May 27th, 1892; 
after which they became common and a steady stream was seen 
flying north on June 2nd; very abundant all summer, 
breeding in great ‘numbers; in the summers of 1894 
and 1895 this species was found in profusion throughout 
the whole prairie region, and every piece of brush or 
patch of rose bushes from Moose Jaw to the Rocky mountains 
had one or more nests; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., on May 17th, 
1897, common by the 19th, June toth, found a nest in a willow 
about 12 feet from the ground, with three fresh eggs ; nest com- 
posed of weeds lined with grass and horse hair; common in the 
foothills southwest of Calgary in July ; common from Lesser Slave 
lake to Peace river, Atha., in 1903; only two pairs were seen 
at Banff, Rocky mountains in the summer of 1891; quite common 
at Revelstoke, B.C., and at Deer park, Lower Arrow lake, and at 
Robson in June, 1890; common at Trail and Cascade, B.C., in the 
summer of 1902; common along the shores of Osoyoos lake and 
the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905; it was found more or less com- 
mon all the way from Banff to the coast in 1889; common 
at Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of I901; more seen in the 
