CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 429 
April 20th, 1904. (J. Boutelier.) A common summer resident in 
New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) A rare summer resident at Scotch 
Lake, York county, but abundant at Grand lake and at Bindon, 
Carleton county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Charlesbourg; 
rare summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) An abundant resident 
in the district of Montreal; observed from April 12th to November 
Ist. (Wintle.) Common in Argenteuil county, Que.; very common 
in the marshes along the Ottawa river, Ont. (D’Urban.) A com- 
mon resident in the district around.Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, 
Vol. V.) Very common everywhere I have been in Ontario. (Rev. 
C. J. Young.) Abundant summer resident at Toronto, Ont.; com- 
mon in marshy districts along large rivers in the districts of Parry 
Sound and Muskoka. (/. H. Fleming.) A few pairs were nesting 
in the marshes along the Madawaska river below Cache lake, also a 
few at Source lake, Algonquin park, June, 1900. (Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING NoTEes.—Builds in bushes and low trees around Ottawa, 
Ont. Its nest is composed of coarse fibrous material, strips of 
rushes and marsh grass; lined with fine grass. Eggs four to six, 
Pale blue dotted, blotched and scrawled with blackish-brown. 
(G. R. White.) 
498. Thick-billed Redwing. 
Agelaius phoentceus fortis. RIDGW. Igot. 
Breeding range Mackenzie river, Athabaska and other interior 
districts of British America. During migrations, the great plains 
from eastern base of Rocky mountains to Manitoba. (Rzdgway.) 
This species was only noticed at Pembina and was not nearly so 
common as Brewer blackbird nor the-.yellow-headed one. The 
country was not suited for them. (Cowes.) An abundant summer 
resident in Manitoba, frequenting the borders of willow-edged 
swamps. Slave River delta. (£. T. Seton.) Common near 
Aweme, Man., nesting in marshes near water. (Criddle.) Abund- 
ant everywhere from Portage la Prairie, Man., west to Edmonton 
along the G.T.P. Ry. (Atkinson.) Very common around sloughs 
and along creeks in Saskatchewan nesting in the flags and long 
grasses. (A.C. Bent.) This is an abundant species in the bushy 
part of the prairie region; it is always found where there is a marsh 
bordered by willows in which it prefers to breed. It was common 
