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River Rouge, Argenteuil county, Que. (D' Urban.) Common sum- 

 mer resident in the Montreal district. (Wintle.) 



Common summer resident in the Ottawa district; breeds abun- 

 dantly. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common summer resident 

 at Toronto, Ont. ; abundant in the settled districts as a summer 

 resident in the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. (/. H. Flem- 

 ing.) Common everywhere along the shores of the lakes in Algon- 

 quin park, Ont; a pair nested in a canoe birch overhanging the 

 water near the buildings at C4che lake; other birds were nesting 

 near them but were not interfered with. On the other hand they 

 allowed no other intruders around their tree and sat peacefully on 

 the tree or caught flies when necessary in the immediate vicinity. 

 One specimen seen at Albany, James bay, August 28th, 1904. 

 (Spreadborough.) 



An extremely numerous summer resident wherever there are 

 trees throughout Manitoba. (E. T. Seton.) Common at the 

 Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan and at Chemawawin .(Nutting.) 

 Common at Aweme, Man., nesting principally in small oaks. 

 (Criddle.) First observed at Indian Head, Sask., May 27th, 1892; 

 after which they became common and a steady stream was seen 

 flying north on June 2nd; very abundant all summer, 

 breeding in great numbers; in the summers of 1894 

 and 1895 this species was found in profusion throughout 

 the whole prairie region, and every piece of brush or 

 patch of rose bushes from Moose Jaw to the Rocky mountains 

 had one or more nests; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., on May 17th, 

 1897, common by the 19th, June loth, found a nest in a willow 

 about 12 feet from the ground, with three fresh eggs ; uest com- 

 posed of weeds Uned with grass and horse hair; common in the 

 foothills southwest of Calgary in July ; common from Lesser Slave 

 lake to Peace river, Atha., in 1903; only two pairs were seen 

 at Banff, Rocky mountains in the summer of 1891 ; quite common 

 at Revelstoke, B.C., and at Deer park. Lower Arrow lake, and at 

 Robson in June, 1890; common at Trail and Cascade, B.C., in the 

 summer of 1902; common along the shores of Osoyoos lake and 

 the Similkameen river, B.C., in 1905 ; it was found more or less com- 

 mon all the way from Banff to the coast in 1889; common 

 at Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901; more seen in the 



