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west to Midway, B.C.; a common summer resident on Vancouver 

 island ; a number winter near Victoria ; tolerably common at Comox, 

 V.I., while I was there in June, 1893. {Spreadborough.) Abundant 

 in the lower Fraser valley; a number remain about the stacks and 

 barnyards at Lake Okanagan, B.C., all winter. (Brooks.) Abun- 

 dant both east and west of Coast range, B.C. ; winters on Vancouver 

 island. (Fannin.) Very rare at Lac la Hiche, in all other open 

 situations abundant from Vancouver island to the Rocky Mountain 

 foothills. (Rhoads.) Abundant in some locaUties in British Colum- 

 bia. (Lord.) Common on the coast of British Columbia where 

 there are meadows ; very abundant in the interior. I was told that 

 this species only appeared within the last few years. (Streator.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have often found the nests of this species in 

 Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It lays five or six eggs which average 

 smaller than those of the eastern meadow lark. (W.Raine.) May 

 18, 1905, found a nest in a clump of bunch-grass, made of grass 

 lined with finer grass. (Spreadborough.) 



CCIV. ICTERUS Brisson. 1760. 



Icterus, spurius (Linn.) Bonap. 1823. 



506. Orchard Oriole. 



Three examples of this species were taken in New Brunswick 

 by Mr. Boardman. (Chamberlain.) Prior to 19th May, 1898, when 

 I met with a young male, I had only heard of two or three of this 

 species having been observed as far east as Toronto. On 19th 

 May, 1900, I met with a pair and took a male of second year; and 

 for the following week or two saw one or more almost daily. On 

 July 5th I located a pair nesting and am pleased to say that they 

 were not molested. I think this is the first recorded instance of 

 nesting in this locality; but I believe an occasional nest is found 

 near Oakville. I trust to be able to record the arrival of these birds 

 in increasing numbers each succeeding year. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 

 Possibly a very rare summer resident at Toronto, Ont. ; there are 

 about a dozen records distributed over a long period of years. (/. H. 

 Fleming.) Quite common in]. the three western counties of Ontario 

 and fairly so along the north shore of Lake Ontario up to within 50' 

 or 75 miles of the Niagara river, but only occasionally observed 



