4/8 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



abundant birds on the Magdalen islands until July, 1887., (Bishop.) 

 Abundant at Qaspi and apparently nesting in the spruces and 

 balsams in the village street, July 14th; later, July 24th, it was 

 found in flocks at Ellis bay, Anticosti. (Brewster.) Taken at Beau- 

 port ; a common summer resident in eastern Quebec. (Dionne.) A 

 common winter visitant at Montreal; I observed a large flock of 

 these birds, October i8th, 1885, on Isle Jesus, feeding on willows. 

 (Wintle.) 



A common winter resident at Ottawa, Ont., though somewhat 

 irregular in its visits like most of our winter birds. Summer records 

 are as follows: May 10, 1882; May 15, and August 15, 1884; May 

 2, 1888, and May 16, 1890. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Irregular 

 winter resident at Toronto, Ont., sometimes abundant. I have 

 often met with immense flocks in the Parry Sound and Muskoka 

 districts. They keep together till May when they either disperse 

 or disappear. In the winter the flocks are joined by redpolls and 

 goldfinches. (J. H. Fleming.) A winter visitor and sometimes 

 resident at Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) Winter resident at Pene- 

 tanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) An irregular migrant in Mani- 

 toba; often seen in flocks of hundreds. (E. T. Seton.) Two speci- 

 mens seen at Grand rapids on the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Tol- 

 erably common at Aweme, Man., in summer, but has not been seen 

 in winter. (Criddle.) Noted about Portage la Prairie, Man, every 

 month in the year, and in such numbers as to indicate a very erratic 

 breeding season ; seen in 1906 at Birtle, Man., and Cherryfield, 

 Saskatoon and Tramping lake, Sask. (Atkinson.) Seen very abun- 

 dantly at Brandon, Man., and Indian Head, Sask., August, 1906. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) Common on Methye portage, Sask. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) On June 2nd, 1892, this species was common on the shore 

 of Deep lake near Indian Head, Sask., where they were feeding on 

 some small insects near the water, two were shot and their stomachs 

 were full of the insects; a few observed at Medicine Hat, Sask., in 

 April, 1894; in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, north to Ed- 

 monton, Alta., 1897, and thence to Peace River Landing, Alta., in 

 1903; common in flocks in June, 1891, at Banff, Rocky mountains; 

 observed at Trail, Sophie mountain and Old Glory mountain near 

 the International Boundary, 1902, and at Penticton, B.C., 1903; 

 a few seen at Femie, B.C., April, 1904; common at Midway and 

 Sidley, B.C., in 1905, and in the same year common on the mountains 



