CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 461 
bred freely the following February and March. Ivan Bayley found 
many nests. The birds left very suddenly in April, leaving several 
broods of young. (C. R. Harte.) Usually occur with the American 
crossbill in Nova Scotia, though in smaller numbers. (H. F. Tujts.) 
Common winter resident at St. John, N.B.; a few breed every 
spring. (Chamberlain.) On July 24th I observed a flock of eight 
or ten individuals at Ellis bay, Anticosti. (Brewster.) Seen during 
the winter at Lake Mistassini, Quebec. (J. M. Macoun.) Common 
on Grindstone and Entry islands, and probably on other islands 
of the Magdalen islands. (Bishop.) Common winter visitor at 
Scotch Lake, York county, N.B., in 1899, previously rare. (W. H. 
Moore.) A common summer resident in eastern Quebec. (Dionne.) 
A common but transient visitor at Montreal. I saw a flock of this 
species feeding on the cones of cedar trees at Hochelaga, Que., on 
December 8th, 1888. (Wzntle.) 
A large flock of this species was seen near Beechwood cemetery, 
Ottawa, Ont,. in June, 1882. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) I saw 
this bird commonly in the Magdalen islands in the month of June; 
1897, and have no doubt but that it breeds there in the spruce woods 
though I could not with certainty locate a nest. In that same year, 
in the month of April, I saw three of these birds on an island in the 
St. Lawrence, near Lansdowne, Ont., feeding on some hemlock trees 
and frequently alighting on the ground in search of hemlock seeds. 
(Rev. C. J. Young.) Irregular winter resident at Toronto, Ont. ; 
never very common. Not as abundant as the preceding, but found 
in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. H. Fleming.) A few 
seen almost every season, but never really abundant, at Toronto; 
I found them particularly abundant at Whitney, near Algonquin 
park, Ont., in the fall of 1898, and fairly so at Kaladar, Addington 
county, December, 1894. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) An infrequent 
winter visitor at Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) A male and female 
taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 
A winter visitant; possibly resident and breeding. On December 
6th, 1882, at the spruce bush, 35° below zero, shot three individuals 
out of a small flock that was feeding on the cones of a tall spruce. 
These were all males. (E. T. Seton.) Common at Aweme, Man., 
in autumn and winter in open woods. (Criddle.) A rare and irre- 
gular visitor in Manitoba, keeping more to the evergreen woods. 
