CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 415 
Quebec, May 30th, 1885. (J. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport, 
a rare permanent resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A rare winter 
resident at Montreal; occasionally visits the city river ice-dump. 
(Wintle.) Rare visitant to the north of Ottawa; occasionally seen 
near the city. (Ottawa Naturahst, Vol. V.) A common bird on 
the Magdalen islands, breeding in the rocks and occasionally in the 
larger spruce trees. Rare in the cultivated parts of Ontario. I 
have seen a pair flying at a great height near Combermere, Renfrew 
co., in the month of January. (Rev. C. J. Young.) At one time 
abundant along the north shore of Lake Ontario, but they disap- 
peared at a very early date; a common resident in Parry Sound 
district; rarer in Muskoka. (J. H. Fleming.) I met with one or 
more of these birds daily during a three week’s trip to Whitney, 
near Algonquin park, Ont., in the fall of 1898. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) 
It is probable that none of these now occur in southwestern Ontario 
except as stragglers. (W. E. Saunders.) From Missinabi, Ont., to 
Cape Henrietta Maria, James bay, in 1904. (Spreadborough.) 
We saw several between Robinson portage and Pine lake, Keewatin, 
June 28th, and while descending Hill river, July 8th, noticed a pair 
flying about the face of a high clay bank. Except for one specimen 
seen at Fort Churchill, July 30th, we did not again note the species. 
‘Preble.) 
Rare at Aweme, Man., only observed late in autumn or in the 
winter. (Criddle.) An irregular late fall visitor to the Manitoba 
lakes. A few noted about Portage la Prairie in early winter. (Af- 
kinson.) Occasionally observed on the International Boundary, 
lat. 49°, but no specimens were taken. (Coues.) <A tolerably com- 
mon winter visitant ; probably nesting in the northern lands. (E. T. 
Seton.) The call of this species was heard and we were told by 
Mr. McLean that a species of raven was not uncommon at the Grand 
rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) A permanent resident on 
the Saskatchewan, but very scarce, and only seen in winter in the 
great woods or about them. (Coubeaux.) Rare at Aweme, Man., 
only observed late in autumn or in the winter. (Cridd’e.) An 
irregular late fall visitor to the Manitoba lakes. A few noted about 
Portage la Prairie in early winter. (Atkinson.) Very abundant 
between Athabaska Landing and Lesser Slave river; an occasional 
specimen was seen on the Clearwater river, and they were not 
tare on Methve Portage; common between Methye lake and 
