434 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
west to Midway, B.C.; a common summer resident on Vancouver 
island; a number winter near Victoria; tolerably common at Comox, 
V.I., while I was there in June, 1893. (Spreadborough.) Abundant 
in the lower Fraser valley; a number remain about the stacks and 
barnyards at Lake Okanagan, B.C., all winter. (Brooks.) Abun- 
dant both east and west of Coast range, B.C.; winters on Vancouver 
island. (Fannin.) Very rare at Lac la Hache, in all other open 
situations abundant from Vancouver island to the Rocky Mountain 
foothills. (Rhoads.) Abundant in some localities in British Colum- 
bia. (Lord.) Common on the coast of British Columbia where 
there are meadows; very abundant in the interior. I was told that 
this species only appeared within the last few years. (Streator.) 
BREEDING Notes.—I have often found the nests of this species in 
Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It lays five or six eggs which average 
smaller than those of the eastern meadow lark. (W.Raine.) May 
18, 1905, found a nest in a clump of bunch-grass, made of grass 
lined with finer grass. (Spreadborough.) 
CCIV. ICTERUS Brisson. 1760. 
Icterus spurius (LINN.) BONaAP. 1823. 
506. Orchard Oriole. 
Three examples of this species were taken in New Brunswick 
by Mr. Boardman. (Chamberlain.) Prior to 19th May, 1898, when 
I met with a young male, I had only heard of two or three of this 
species having been observed as far east as Toronto. On 19th 
May, 1900, I met with a pair and took a male of second year; and 
for the following week or two saw one or more almost daily. On 
July 5th I located a pair nesting and am pleased to say that they 
were not molested. I think this is the first recorded instance of 
nesting in this locality; but I believe an occasional nest is found 
near Oakville. I trust to be able to record the arrival of these birds 
in increasing numbers each succeeding year. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 
Possibly a very rare summer resident at Toronto, Ont.; there are 
about a dozen records distributed over a long period of years. (J. H. 
Fleming.) Quite common in the three western counties of Ontario 
and fairly so along the north shore of Lake Ontario up to within 50 
or 75 miles of the Niagara river, but only occasionally observed 
