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arrives in small flocks in spring and passes further north to breed, 

 returning in autumn in larger flocks. (Wintle.) 



A common spring and autumn migrant ; it may breed sparingly in 

 the northern part of the Ottawa district. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol- 

 V.) I found this bird breeding commonly in the Magdalen islands; 

 in the month of June the young were hatched and I secured two 

 sets of eggs from there. In the summer of 1898 I saw one bird near 

 Lansdowne, Ont., but in the month of October large flocks arrive 

 from the north. {Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant at To- 

 ronto, Ont. Assembling in large flocks in Muskoka and Parry 

 Sound districts; I am not aware that they breed in these districts. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) Common along the Missinabi river; seen in ones 

 and twos along the river the second week in September beginning 

 to gather in flocks the last of the month. {Spreadborough.) 



Several seen and a female taken near the head of Echimamish, 

 Keewatin, where they were undoubtedly breeding. Large flocks 

 seen at Fort Churchill. Later, in the season of 1901, they were 

 found abundant on the return south from York Factory. {Preble.) 

 York Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Fort Churchill, Hud- 

 son bay. {Wright.) The rusty grackle enters Dakota from the 

 north in September, and then mixes indiscriminately with Brewer's 

 blackbird ; but the two will not be found together during the breed- 

 ing season. {Coues.) An enormously abundant migrant in Mani- 

 toba in the spring and autunin migrations ; a few may breed. Noted 

 at several points along Great Slave lake in 1907. {E. T. Seton.) 

 Abundant at Aweme, Man., breeding. {Criddle.) Only observed 

 in Manitoba as a migrant though it may breed in the northern parts, 

 excessively abundant in migration. Not noticed west of the pro- 

 vince. {Atkinson.) Common at Indian Head in the spring of 

 1892; none were observed on the prairie in 1894 and 1895; in the 

 spring of 1897 they were abundant at Edmonton, Alta., and a nest 

 was taken in a thicket overhanging a pool of water; a few breeding 

 all along the trail from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River Landing, 

 Alta., in 1903. {Spreadborough.) Common at Chemawawin, near 

 the Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan. {Nutting.) Arrives in the 

 spring in flocks between the forks of the Saskatchewan. {Cou- 

 beaux.) Abundant ever3rwhere between Calgary and Athabaska 

 Landing in northern Alberta; rare at Fort McMurray in lat. 56° 30' ; 



