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one a winter, the other a Bummer resident, the 

 latter being the white-ramped shrike (Lanius ludo- 

 vicianus excubitorides) . This species arrives from the 

 south just as the other is leaving for the north, so that 

 they sometimes overlap, and as many of the north- 

 ern form winter far south of Canada, both species no 

 doubt sometimes arrive at the same time, but L. 

 borealis passes on to its breeding grounds in the fur 

 countries, while L. excubitorides stops with us and 

 nests, having reached the northern limit of its range. 

 It may be possible that the white-rumped shrike 

 did not occur here during D'Urban's or Vennor's 

 time, as it has come to us from the west, having been 

 first noticed in Ontario about 1860, according to 

 Mclll wraith. 

 Certhia fawiliaris Americana — Brown creeper. D' Urban 

 records it as common on Xun's Island in winter. I 

 have seen it in Phillips' square in February, 1885. 

 Sitta Oarolmensis — White-breasted nuthatch. 

 Sitta Canadensis — Bed-breasted nuthatch. Both of these 

 species are recorded by D' Urban as common on 

 ZSTun's Island in winter. Specimens may occasionally 

 he seen on the mountain 

 Parus atricapillus — Chickadee. Abundant winter resi- 

 dent. 

 * Parus Hudsonicus — Hudsonian chickadee. Bare winter 

 visitant ; generally seen in November. 

 Pegulus satrapa — Golden crowned kinglet. Occasional 



during winter. 

 Yennor gives the following winter records for the Ameri- 

 can robin (Aferula migratoria) , January 1857, and February 

 19th. 1869, but they can only be regarded as accidental. 

 He also states that a specimen of the pileated woodpecker 

 (CeojMneus pileatus) was shot below the city. This, too, 

 must be considered accidental, as it is a bird that is at home 

 only amidst the solitude of the deep woods. 



These are all the birds, so far as known to me, that have 

 been observed in the neighbourhood of Montreal during the 



