436 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
die.) Quite numerous from Manitoba to Edmonton along the line 
of the G.T.P. Ry. except in the saline districts around the Eagle 
hills. (Atkinson.) Rare in the timbered districts about Maple 
creek, Sask. (A.C. Bent.) In the spring of 1892 many specimens 
were seen at Indian Head, Sask., and nearly all remained to breed ; 
others at Medicine Hat, Sask., in May, 1894; and others were taken 
on Old Wives creek, Sask., in May, 1895. None were observed 
south or west of the above point. Arrived at Edmonton, Alta., on 
May 2oth, 1897; later, many were seen flying north but a few re- 
mained to breed. They nested in tall poplars over 30 feet from the 
ground, yet nests were found in bushes six feet from the ground. 
(Spreadborough.) This handsome bird is a regular and not uncom- 
mon visitor between the forks of the Saskatchewan; frequently seen 
and heard in the thickets where it hangs its pretty nest. (Coubeaux.) 
This bird ranges through the central part of the Northwest Territo- 
ries up to lat. 55°, beyond which it does not seem to go. (Richardson.) 
BREEDING NoTes.—I found a nest of this bird June 7th, 18go0, 
at Dorval, built in the top of a thin bush, within reach of hand 
from the ground, and containing five fresh eggs, but as a rule their 
nests are built here hanging to branches of large trees, twenty or 
thirty feet above the ground. I saw this species feeding on the 
ground, an unusual position to find the oriole in, as they generally 
cdnfine themselves to the trees and bushes when feeding. (Wanile.) 
Breeds throughout Manitoba and in Saskatchewan as far west as 
Crescent lake. (W. Raine.) Builds near the end of a long branch, 
elm tree preferred at Ottawa. Nest composed of the flax of silk 
weed, willow down, wool string, lined with lint, wiry grass and 
horse hair; eggs five, white with a faint tinge of blue, spotted, 
scrawled and streaked with lilac and brown, mostly towards the 
larger end. (G. R. White.) On June 25th, 1882, on the north 
bank of the eastern slough, I found a Baltimore oriole’s nest in 
an oak tree, about 10 feet high. This nest was about four inches 
deep. It was formed of the outer bark of the Asclepias, and so 
thoroughly interwoven and ‘‘darned”’ that the fabric was like a 
thick warm felt. It was remarkably strong, too, and with a view 
to testing it in this particular I brought it home with the branch 
that bore it, and, having hung to it a pail by a band across the upper 
surface, proceeded to add weight. Fifteen pounds were gradually 
added without it showing any signs of breaking, but at the seven- 
