758 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Taken at Beauport. (Dionne.) A common summer resident 
around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Still common in 
eastern Ontario. Arriving this year (1901) third week in March. 
(Rev. C. J. Young.) Rare in Algonquin park, Ont.; one pair nest- 
ing at Cache lake in 1900; seen from Missinabi, Ont., to within a 
short distance of Moose Factory, James bay in 1904. (Spread- 
borough.) Abundant migrant and summer resident at Toronto, 
Ont. Again becoming commoner in Parry Sound and Muskoka 
districts; formerly it was one of the common birds. (J. H. Flem- 
ing.) Passing over in considerable numbers in the early days of 
March these beautiful and beneficial birds seem to think Toronto 
and its environs no longer a safe summer residence, though the 
reasons are not far to seek; on reaching us in the spring those few 
that rest a while seem to find agreeable diet in the white grubs 
which are found in considerable numbers in the flower heads of the 
sumach bushes; from diligent enquiries made in the neighbourhood 
of Whitney, Ont., I concluded that these birds reach open spots in 
that district before there is much clear ground showing through the 
snow. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Formerly abundant, but the disas- 
trous ‘‘freeze’’ which extinguished the orange industry in northern 
Florida in 1894-95, nearly annihilated these birds also, and in the 
first nine months of 1895, I saw but four specimens; since then they 
have been increasing rapidly and are now familiar objects once 
more; they sometimes build in boxes and crevices around build- 
ings, and a few sets of white eggs have been taken; one nest was 
found in a swallow’s hole in the river bank in May, 1899, by W. A. 
Balkwill. (W. E. Saunders.) A common summer resident at 
Guelph, Ont.; arrives about March t1oth, and leaves about October 
20th. (A. B. Klugh.) Very abundant at Penetanguishene, Ont., 
in the spring of 1903. (A. F. Young.) The U.S. National Museum 
collection contains a specimen taken at Moose Factory, James bay, 
in the summer of 1881, by Walton Haydon. (E. A. Preble.) 
A rare summer resident in Manitoba; they breed about the large 
towns; since I wrote as above it is gratifying to note that this 
species instead of being very rare has become quite common (1892) 
in the country along the Assiniboine, and nearly every grove of 
oak of any extent is found to have a pair making their home in it 
along with the purple martin. (E£. T. Seton.) A rare and breed- 
ing summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) A species 
