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informed me he had several times seen its nest late in July; I offered 

 him a good price for a set of eggs and sure enough he succeeded in 

 finding a nest and four eggs on July 30th, 1 893 ; this nest is com- 

 posed of fine twigs, roots and grass and was built 20 feet up in a 

 spruce tree; on July 13th, 1894, he found a nest and five eggs, also 

 built in a spruce tree top, while on July 22nd, 1897, he found another 

 nest and four eggs, again built in the top of a low spruce tree, and 

 secured one of the birds. {W. Raine.) 



619. Cedar Waxwing. Cherry-bird. 



Ampelis cedrorum (Vieill.) Gray. 1846. 



One specimen obtained August 26th, i860, at Moose Factory 

 by Drexler. {Packard.) Saw a flock of about 30 on Moose river 

 June 2nd, 1896; common at Moose Factory, June 13th; none ob- 

 served further north. (Spreadhorough.) A common summer resi- 

 deht at Sydney, Cape Breton island, N.S. (C. R. Harte.) Common 

 summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) Fairly common 

 summer resident in Nova Scotia. Once taken by me in winter. 

 {H. F. Tufts.) A flock of ten seen in Amherst, N.S., March ist, 

 1899. {Morrell.) A small flock of these birds reached Sable island, 

 N.S., June 7th, 1902, and another in SeptemUer of the same year. 

 (/. Boutelier.) Seen at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward island, 

 July nth, 1 888. {Macoun.) Seen now and again on Prince Edward 

 island, but not common. A few observed at Baddeck, Cape Breton 

 island. {Dwight.) A common summer resident at St. John, N.B. 

 {Chamberlain.) Tolerably common summer resident at Scotch 

 Lake, York county, N.B. ; nesting in orchards and conifers. {W. 

 H. Moore.) Rare at Lake Mistassini, Que. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Common in burnt places, Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain 6f 

 Cox.) A common summer resident around Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 Permanent resident and abundant at Montreal. Breeds in the city 

 and in Mount Royal park. I have found their nests with eggs from 

 June 1 3th. to August 27th. During the winter months flocks of 

 these birds appear in the city to feed on the berries of the mountain 

 ash trees. {Wintle.) 



Common summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) A common species along the St. Lawrence below King- 

 ston, Ont. {Rev. C. J. Young:) Resident at Toronto, Ont., irreg- 



