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the shore. I saw the female leave the nest, so that the identifica- 
tion is good. The male did not put in an appearance at all. The 
nest is very deep, neat and strong; it is suspended from about a 
dozen upright twigs and is built much like that of a Baltimore 
oriole, but entirely of grass. The eggs, four in number, were all 
fresh; one was I by 7%, pale blue, and scrawled over with most 
curious hieroglyphics in brown-black ink; the others were similar, 
(E. T. Seton.) Breeding abundantly in all pools throughout eastern 
Saskatchewan, but becoming scarcer to the west. They always 
bred in communities. At Brandon, Man., nests were found in 
willows (Salix longifolia) and at Crane lake the same species was 
nesting in Scirpus lacustris or bullrushes. In 1895 the same species 
was breeding in a thick growth of snowberry (Symphoricarpus 
occidentalis) on dry ground, at the forks of Old Wives creek, Sask. 
Nest of leaves and stems of grasses, lined with the dried stems of 
Eleocharis palustris, At 12-Mile lake, near Wood mountain, Sask., 
they were nesting in ‘‘ cat-tails,’? and at Sucker creek, south of the 
Cypress hills in an old growth of Carex aristata. (Macoun.) On 
June 18th, 1892, at Indian Head, Sask., I waded out into a large 
slough that had a lot of rushes (Scirpus lacustris) growing in it 
near the middle. Ina few minutes I saw ten nests. Three of them 
had young, half-grown, and others young just hatched. Two nests 
with four eggs each I took. This was at 9 a.m., and at 8 p.m. I 
prepared to blow the eggs. On opening the box I found one bird 
hatclaed out and one just coming from the shell. Both chicks were 
lively and seemed quite strong. (Spreadborough.) 
498). Northwestern Redwing. 
Agelavus pheniceus caurinus RIDGWAY. I90I. 
This species was first taken in the marshes near Agassiz, B.C., 
May t1oth, 1889, a few pairs were breeding at that time; abundant 
in the marshes at Chilliwack, B.C., in the summer of 1901. (Spread- 
borough). Taken at Chilliwack, B.C., in 1891, and identified by 
Mr. W. Brewster; a few of these birds remain throughout the winter 
at Lake Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) Chiefly west of the Coast 
range; breeds on Vancouver island; common. (Fannin.) One 
female shot in the marsh at Comox, April 30th, 1887. Rather 
ommon around Copeland lake, Salt Spring island, Gulf of Georgia, 
