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abundant birds on the Magdalen islands until July, 1887., (Bishop.) 
Abundant at Gaspé and apparently nesting in the spruces and 
balsams in the village street, July 14th; later, July 24th, it was 
found in flocks at Ellis bay, Anticosti. (Brewster.) Taken at Beau- 
port; a common summer resident in eastern Quebec. (Dionne.) A 
common winter visitant at Montreal; I observed a large flock of 
these birds, October 18th, 1885, on Isle Jesus, feeding on willows. 
(Wintle.) 
A common winter resident at Ottawa, Ont., though somewhat 
irregular in its visits like most of our winter birds. Summer records 
are as follows: May to, 1882; May 15, and August 15, 1884; May 
2, 1888, and May 16, 1890. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Irregular 
winter resident at Toronto, Ont., sometimes abundant. I have 
often met with immense flocks in the Parry Sound and Muskoka 
districts. They keep together till May when they either disperse 
or disappear. In the winter the flocks are joined by redpolls and 
goldfinches. (J. H. Fleming.) A winter visitor and sometimes 
resident at Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) Winter resident at Pene- 
tanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) An irregular migrant in Mani- 
toba; often seen in flocks of hundreds. (E£. T. Seton.) Two speci- 
mens seen at Grand rapids on the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Tol- 
erably common at Aweme, Man., in summer, but has not been seen 
in winter. (Criddle.) Noted about Portage la Prairie, Man, every 
month in the year, and in such numbers as to indicate a very erratic 
breeding season ; seen in 1906 at Birtle, Man., and Cherryfield, 
Saskatoon and Tramping lake, Sask. (Atkinson.) Seen very abun- 
dantly at Brandon, Man., and Indian Head, Sask., August, 1906. 
(W. E. Saunders.) Common: on Methye portage, Sask. (J. M. 
Macoun.) On June 2nd, 1892, this species was common on the shore 
of Deep lake near Indian Head, Sask., where they were feeding on 
some small insects near the water, two were shot and their stomachs 
were full of the insects; a few observed at Medicine Hat, Sask., in 
April, 1894; in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, north to Ed- 
monton, Alta., 1897, and thence to Peace River Landing, Alta., in 
1903; common in flocks in June, 1891, at Banff, Rocky mountains; 
observed at Trail, Sophie mountain and Old Glory mountain near 
the International Boundary, 1902, and at Penticton, B.C., 1903; 
a few seen at Fernie, B.C., April, 1904; common at Midway and 
Sidley, B.C., in 1905, and in the same year common on the mountains 
