CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 717 



Edward island, so that it is a fairly common species. (Dwight.) 

 An abundant resident throughout the year at St. John, N.B. (Cham- 

 berlain.) An abundant and permanent resident at Scotch Lake, 

 York county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Not uncommon in the Resti- 

 gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) 



Quite common at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) A common and permanent resident, but most common 

 in spring and autumn. (Dionne.) A common winter visitant; 

 observed from September 17th to April 25th. (Wintle.) A com- 

 mon resident at Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) very 

 common species in eastern Ontario; about Lansdowne, Ont., I 

 met with the nest in May containing six eggs. (Rev. C. J. Young.) 

 Common resident at Toronto, Ont., breeds. An abundant breeding 

 resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, Ont. (/. H. Flem- 

 ing.) Common everywhere in Algonquin park, Ont., in summer; 

 saw a pair making a nest in a rotten stump, June 1 8th, 1900 ; another 

 pair was seen building a nest in a hole in a birch tree on July 15th; 

 they appear to work only early in the morning at building their 

 nest. Common from Missinabi, Ont. to Moose Factory, James bay. 

 (Spreadborough.) Resident the year round at London, Ont., but 

 less common in summer than at other seasons. (W. E. Saunders.) 

 Very common resident at Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) An abun- 

 dant resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) Has been 

 taken at Moose Factory, James bay, on two occasions. {E. A. 

 Preble.) 



Breeding Notes. — ^This species nests at Scotch Lake, N.B., from 

 April to August. Sometimes it uses an old woodpecker's nest, 

 lining it with dark fibres, fur and a few feathers. From five to eight 

 eggs are laid. (W. H. Moore.) Nest built in a tree or stump, at 

 Ottawa, lined with hair, fine grass, moss and feathers. Eggs, six 

 to eight, white, speckled and spotted with reddish-brown, chiefly 

 towards the larger end. (G. R. White.) Nests in marshy thickets 

 around Ottawa. On April i8th, 1903, a pair of birds was seen dig- 

 ging a hole in a fence post and on the 8th June, 1903, a nest with 

 six young was discovered in a small stump. The opening, 18 inches 

 from the ground, was one inch in diameter; the nest was a mixture 

 of short hairs, green moss and feathers, and was at a depth of six 

 inches in the stump. (Garneau.) A common resident in Ontario; 

 it breeds in a hole of a stump excavated usually by the bird itself 



