CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 405 
A common and permanent resident in the Ottawa district; more 
common in summer. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common in 
winter along the St. Lawrence, a few breeding. I have seen the 
nest in the counties of Leeds and Renfrew. The eggs are laid about 
the middle of May. I observed this bird breeding on the Magdalen 
islands. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Resident at Toronto, Ont., some- 
times abundant; one of the most abundant resident birds in the 
Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. H.- Fleming.) Common 
at Missinabi, Ont., June, 1904. (Spreadborough.) 
Not seen west of Pembina where it was abundant. (Couwes.) 
This is a tolerably common summer resident in all the wooded parts 
of Manitoba, many retire to the thick woods in winter. (EF. T- 
Seton.) Several individuals were seen in the groves of Quercus 
macrocarpa, at West Selkirk, Manitoba. (Preble.) This very 
handsome jay visits the Northwest Territories in summer up to 
lat, 56°, but seldom approaches Hudson bay. (Richardson.) 
Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) I saw in 
the post residence near Chemawawin, Grand rapids of Saskatche- 
wan, a mounted specimen of this species, which had been killed 
by an Indian and mounted by Mrs. King, the wife of the postmaster. 
(Nutting.) Abundant resident in Manitoba and in 1906 was noted 
everywhere along the G.T.P. Ry. west to Edmonton, Alta. (Af- 
kinson.) Nat an uncommon resident but more frequently seen in 
winter along the wooded banks of the Saskatchewan and in the 
well wooded parts of the prairie. (Coubeaux.) Not rare around 
Athabaska Landing, May 22nd, 1888, and up the Athabaska to 
Lesser Slave river; one specimen was taken three miles up the 
Clearwater river from Fort McMurray in lat, 56° 30’; said to be 
quite common around Isle a la Crosse lake and to winter there. 
(J. M. Macoun.) One observed, June 8th, 1897, at Edmonton, 
Alta., eating a young bird; the only one seen; a pair observed at 
the mouth of Lesser Slave river, Alta., in 1903. (Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING NoTES.—Found nesting in a hemlock tree near Beech- 
wood, Ottawa. The nest was composed of sticks lined with weeds, 
grass and down. Eggs four, clay colour with brown spots. (G. R. 
White.) Common resident at Aweme, Man., nesting in bushes and 
trees from 6 to 20 feet from the ground. (Criddle.) 
