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July 25th. (Preble.) Very common from Lake Winnipeg to Fort 

 Churchill, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Quite common in Nova 

 Scotia. (Downs.) Abundant summer resident in Nova Scotia, once 

 observed in February. (H. F. Tufts.) In woods along Rustico 

 bay, Prince Edward island, July, 1888; common on Cape Breton 

 island, July, 1898. (Macoun.) One seen on Sable island, N.S., 

 September 25th, 1900. (/. Boutelier.) An abundant summer 

 resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Common around 

 fields, Restigouche valley, N. B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common 

 summer resident and breeds in York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) 

 Taken at Beauport and a common resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) 

 A few were seen near Gasp^ and one or two at Fox bay, Anticosti- 

 (Brewster.) Common summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in 

 Mount Royal park. (Wintle.) Common summer resident at 

 Ottawa. Breeding in all woods. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 Summer resident and breeding at Toronto, Ont. ; abundant and 

 breeding in the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) Common all over western Ontario. A few spend the 

 winter in favourable seasons. {W. E. Saunders^ 



Not common in Algonquin park, Ont.; one pair breeding near 

 CAche lake. (Spreadborough.) A very abundant summer resident 

 in the wooded parts of Manitoba. (E. T. Seton.) Abundant sum- 

 mer resident at Aweme, Man., nesting in decayed trees. (Criddle.) 

 Abundant breeding species throughout Manitoba and observed 

 everywhere along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway west 

 to Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) This is not a rare bird at Indian 

 Head, Medicine Hat, and Cypress hills; it was found breeding in 

 1895 in company with the hybrid flicker in holes in Acer Negundo 

 on May 30th and two fresh eggs taken from the nest ; early in June 

 it was found at Wood mountain, and towards the end of June on 

 Sucker creek in the Cj'press hills, Sask. ; common and breeding at 

 Banff and shot as far west as Revelstoke, B.C., May 14, 1890. First 

 seen at Edmonton, Alta., on April 30th, 1897; it soon became com- 

 mon and commenced to breed. Common in the foothills southwest 

 of Calgary. (Spreadborough.) Common from Athabasca Landing 

 up the Athabasca to I^esser Slave river and down to Fort McMurray, 

 lat. 56° 40'. Common up the Clearwater river and on Methye 

 Portage. (/. M. Macoun.) This beautifully marked bird visits the 

 Northwest Territories only in summer advancing as far north as 



