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1888. (Macoun.) Abundant in flocks, mixed with the following 

 species, feeding chiefly on larch trees on Prince Edward island. 

 (Dwight.) A rather common resident in New Brunswick. (Cham- 

 berlain.) Not uncommon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain 

 & Cox.) Rare on the Magdalen islands ; a male seen on Grindstone 

 island. (Bishop.) Taken at Charlesbourg; common summer resi- 

 dent in eastern Quebec. (Dionne.) A transient visitant but com- 

 mon ; they are very erratic in their movements and may appear at 

 Montreal at any time during the year, but I have never heard of 

 them breeding in this district; I saw a small flock of this species 

 May 14th, 1883, at Cote St. Antoine, feeding on the cones of a larch 

 tree. (Wintle.) A common summer visitor at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B. (W.H.Moore.) A common winter resident at Ottawa, 

 Ont. The summer records are as follows: May 10, 1882; August 4, 

 1887; June 19, 1889, and July 3, 1890. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 In the winter of 1897 this bird was very common in Ontario; and 

 in 1898 I saw a pair at Lansdowne in the month of April. They 

 frequented some hemlock trees in the village, but I could never 

 make out that they were breeding. Since that year I have scarcely 

 seen one. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Resident in the districts of Parry 

 Sound and Muskoka. They gather in immense flocks and come 

 into the settlement or about the lumber shanties. Irregular winter 

 visitor at Toronto, Ont. (J.H. Fleming.) There were enormous 

 numbers of this bird in the vicinity of Whitney near Algonquin 

 park, Ont., in November and December, 1898; and in the following 

 April' there was an extraordinary migration to the neighbourhood 

 of Toronto, many remaining till the third week in May. It is pos- 

 sible that the Whitney hordes may have wandered south which 

 would account for a visit in such numbers to this locality on the 

 return trip. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Saw a small flock both old and 

 young at Ciche lake, Algonquin park, July 2, 1900. (Spreadborough.) 

 A winter visitor at Guelph, Ont. (A.B.Klugh.) Transient visitant 

 at Penetanguishene, Ont. Have noticed some immense flocks at 

 rare intervals. (A. F. Young.) A small flock seen at our camp on 

 Echiamamish liver, Keewatin, June 25, 1900. (Edward A. Preble.) 



A winter visitant in Manitoba; possibly also breeding. In Mani- 

 toba I failed to detect its presence excepting during winter and 

 spring. It is common wherever there is plenty of spruce and tamarac, 

 for the seeds of those are its favourite food. Saw one at Great Slave 



