CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 591 
in the fall feeding on the fruit of black elder and thorn at Hun- 
tingdon, on the International Boundary, B.C., 1901; common along 
the Skagit river, B. C., Aug. 5, 1905; saw six on the Chilliwack river 
in 1906; during the summer of 1893 not more than a dozen speci- 
mens of this species were seen on Vancouver island, these were at 
Victoria and Comox. (Spreadborough.) 
Not uncommon as a summer resident near Prince Albert, Sask. 
Have seen them in my garden in July. (Coubeaux.) Abundant 
and nesting at Chemawawin and Grand rapids of the Saskatche- 
wan. Nest well made of rather coarse twigs. (Nutting.) First 
seen near Gros Roche portage, Clearwater river, lat. 56° 30’. Com- 
mon from there to Methye portage, and on the portage, of ten miles, 
itself. Common in places between Methye lake and Isle a la Crosse. 
(J. M. Macoun.) This species is more southern in its habits than 
the Bohemian chatterer, and does not pass north of lat. 54° as far 
as my observations go. Mr. Drummond obtained specimens on the 
Saskatchewan plains on 27th June, 1827. (Richardson.) Common 
on Vancouver island and along the Fraser and Columbia rivers. 
(Lord.) Common wherever there is an abundant food supply; 
breeds. (Streator.) A common summer resident throughout the 
province. (Fannin.) Tolerably common summer resident at 
Chilliwack. Not observed at 150-Mile House, B.C., but found 
- breeding at Quesnel, further to the north, where it evidently laid 
its eggs later than the larger species. (Brooks.) A common species 
in British Columbia, and as erratic in presence and abundance as 
its eastern counterpart. (Rhoads.) Large flocks were seen at 
Seymour creek, B.C., July 12th, 1891; other large flocks on Sumas 
prairie, October 1oth, 1894, and others again on Sea island in the 
Fraser river, B.C. (E. F. G. White.) 
BREEDING NotEs.—I have often seen: the nest in an apple tree 
in an orchard, occasionally in a hemlock, and frequently in a young 
maple; it is not usually built very high up in the tree, generally 
from 10 to 15 feet, but I have seen it as low down as five feet and 
as high astwenty. This bird is, with the exception of the goldfinch 
and the field sparrow, our latest builder; I have seen the nest with 
fresh eggs late in July, and never earlier than the 18th of June; it 
is built of straws, grass stalks and wood, and lined with hair and 
feathers; in this respect it presented a marked contrast to the nest 
I found at Charleston lake, Leeds county, and from the size of the 
