CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 59 1 



in the fall feeding on the fruit of black elder and thorn at Hun- 

 tingdon, on the International Boundary, B.C., 1901 ; common along 

 the Skagit river, B. C, Aug. 5, 1905; saw six on the Chilliwack river 

 in 1906; during the summer of 1893 not more than a dozen speci- 

 mens of this species were seen on Vancouver island, these were at 

 Victoria and Comox. (Spreadborough.) 



Not uncommon as a summer resident near Prince Albert, Sask. 

 Have seen them in my garden in July. {Coubeaux.) Abundant 

 and nesting at Chemawawin and Grand rapids of the Saskatche- 

 wan. Nest well made of rather coarse twigs. {Nutting.) First 

 seen near Gros Roche portage, Clearwater river, lat. 56° 30'. Com- 

 mon from there to Methye portage, and on the portage, of ten miles, 

 itself. Common in places between Methye lake and Isle a la Crosse. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) This species is more southern in its habits than 

 the Bohemian chatterer, and does not pass north of lat. 54° as far 

 as my observations go. Mr. Drummond obtained specimens on the 

 Saskatchewan plains on 27th June, 1827. {Richardson.) Common 

 on Vancouver island and along the Fraser and Columbia rivers. 

 {Lord.) Common wherever there is an abundant food supply; 

 breeds. {Streator.) A common summer resident throughout the 

 province. {Fannin.) Tolerably common summer resident at 

 Chilliwack. Not observed at 150-Mile House, B.C., but found 

 breeding at Quesnel, further to the north, where it evidently laid 

 its eggs later than the larger species. {Brooks.) A common species 

 in British Columbia, and as erratic in presence and abundance as 

 its eastern counterpart. {Rhoads.) Large flocks were seen at 

 Seymour creek, B.C., July 12th, 1891; other large flocks on Sumas 

 prairie, October loth, 1894, and others again on Sea island in the 

 Fraser river, B.C. {E. F. G. White.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have often seen the nest in an apple tree 

 in an orchard, occasionally in a hemlock, and frequently in a young 

 maple; it is not usually built very high up in the tree, generally 

 from 10 to 15 feet, but I have seen it as low down as five feet and 

 as high as twenty. This bird is, with the exception of the goldfinch 

 and the field sparrow, our latest builder; I have seen the nest with 

 fresh eggs late in July, and never earlier than the i8th of June; it 

 is built of straws, grass stalks and wood, and lined with hair and 

 feathers; in this respect it presented a marked contrast to the nest 

 1 found at Charleston lake, Leeds county, and from the size of the 



