CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. Fer 
Edward island, so that it is a fairly common species. (Dwight.) 
An abundant resident throughout the year at St. John, N.B. (Cham- 
berlain.) An abundant and permanent resident at Scotch Lake, 
York county, N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Not uncommon in the Resti- 
gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) 
Quite common at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (J. M. 
Macoun.) A common and permanent resident, but most common 
in spring and autumn. (Dionne.) A common winter visitant; 
observed from September 17th to April 25th. (Wznlle.) A com- 
mon resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) very 
common species in eastern Ontario; about Lansdowne, Ont., I 
met with the nest in May containing six eggs. (Rev. C. J. Young.) 
Common resident at Toronto, Ont., breeds. An abundant breeding 
resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, Ont. (J. H. Flem- 
ng.) Common everywhere in Algonquin park, Ont., in summer; 
saw a pair making a nest in a rotten stump, June 18th, 1900; another 
pair was seen building a nest in a hole in a birch tree on July 15th; 
they appear to work only early in the morning at building their 
nest. Common from Missinabi, Ont. to Moose Factory, James bay. 
(Spreadborough.) Resident the year round at London, Ont., but 
less common in summer than at other seasons. (W. E. Saunders.) 
Very common resident at Guelph, Ont. (A.B. Klugh.) An abun- 
dant resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. Ff. Young.) Has been 
taken at Moose Factory, James bay, on two occasions. (E. A. 
Preble.) 
BREEDING NotTes.—This species nests at Scotch Lake, N.B., from 
April to August. Sometimes it uses an old woodpecker’s nest, 
lining it with dark fibres, fur and a few feathers. From five to eight 
eggs are laid. (W.H. Moore.) Nest built in a tree or stump, at 
Ottawa, lined with hair, fine grass, moss and feathers. Eggs, six 
to eight, white, speckled and spotted with reddish-brown, chiefly 
towards the larger end. (G. R. White.) Nests in marshy thickets 
around Ottawa. On April 18th, 1903, a pair of birds was seen dig- 
ging a hole in a fence post and on the 8th June, 1903, a nest with 
six young was discovered in a small stump. The opening, 18 inches 
from the ground, was one inch in diameter; the nest was a mixture 
of short hairs, green moss and feathers, and was at a depth of six 
inches in the stump. (Garneau.) A common resident in Ontario; 
it breeds in a hole of a stump excavated usually by the bird itself 
