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atrives in small flocks in spring and passes further north to breed, 
returning in autumn in larger flocks. (Wvnile.) 
A common spring and autumn migrant; it may breed sparingly in 
the northern part of the Ottawa district. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 
V.) I found this bird breeding commonly in the Magdalen islands; 
in the month of June the young were hatched and I secured two 
sets of eggs from there. In the summer of 1898 I saw one bird near 
Lansdowne, Ont., but in the month of October large flocks arrive 
from the north. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant at To- 
ronto, Ont. Assembling in large flocks in Muskoka and Parry 
Sound districts; I am not aware that they breed in these districts, 
(J. H. Fleming.) Common along the Missinabi river; seen in ones 
and twos along the river the second week in September beginning 
to gather in flocks the last of the month. (Spreadborough.) 
Several seen and a female taken near the head of Echimamish, 
Keewatin, where they were undoubtedly breeding. Large flocks 
seen at Fort Churchill. Later, in the season of 1901, they were 
found abundant on the return south from York Factory. (Preble.) 
York Factory, Hudson bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) Fort Churchill, Hud- 
son bay. (Wright.) The rusty grackle enters Dakota from the 
north in September, and then mixes indiscriminately with Brewer’s 
blackbird; but the two will not be found together during the breed- 
ing season. (Cowes.) An enormously abundant migrant in Mani- 
toba in the spring and autumn migrations; a few may breed. Noted 
at several points along Great Slave lake in 1907. (E. T. Seton.) 
Abundant at Aweme, Man., breeding. (Criddle.) Only observed 
in Manitoba as a migrant though it may breed in the northern parts, 
excessively abundant in migration. Not noticed west of the pro- 
vince. (Atkinson.) Common at Indian Head in the spring of 
1892; none were observed on the prairie in 1894 and 1895; in the 
spring of 1897 they were abundant at Edmonton, Alta., and a nest 
was taken in a thicket overhanging a pool of water; a few breeding 
all along the trail from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River Landing, 
Alta., in 1903. (Spreadborough.) Common at Chemawawin, near 
the Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Arrives in the 
spring in flocks between the forks of the Saskatchewan. (Cou- 
beaux.) Abundant everywhere between Calgary and Athabaska 
Landing in northern Alberta; rare at Fort McMurray in lat. 56° 30’; 
