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Taken at Beauport. (Dionne.) A common summer resident 

 around Ottawa. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Still common in 

 eastern Ontario. Arriving this year (1901) third week in March. 

 (Rev. C. J. Young.) Rare in Algonquin park, Ont.; one pair nest- 

 ing at Cdche lake in 1900; seen from Missinabi, Ont., to within a 

 short distance of Moose Factory, James bay in 1904. (Spread- 

 borough.) Abundant migrant and summer resident at Toronto, 

 Ont. Again becoming commoner in Parry Sound and Muskoka 

 districts; formerly it was one of the common birds. (/. H. Flem- 

 ing.) Passing over in considerable numbers in the early days of 

 March these beautiful and beneficial birds seem to think Toronto 

 and its environs no longer a safe summer residence, though the 

 reasons are not far to seek; on reaching us in the spring those few 

 that rest a while seem to find agreeable diet in the white grubs 

 which are found in considerable numbers in the flower heads ,of the 

 sumach bushes; from diligent enquiries made in the neighbourhood 

 of Whitney, Ont., I concluded that these birds reach open spots in 

 that district before there is much clear ground showing through the 

 snow. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Formerly abundant, but the disas- 

 trous "freeze" which extinguished the orange industry in northern 

 Florida in 1894-95, nearly annihilated these birds also, and in the 

 first nine months of 1895, I saw but four specimens; since then they 

 have been increasing rapidly and are now familiar objects once 

 more; they sometimes build in boxes and crevices around build- 

 ings, and a few sets of white eggs have been taken; one nest was 

 found in a swallow's hole in the river bank in May, 1899, by W. A. 

 Balkwill. (W. E. Saunders.) A common summer resident at 

 Guelph, Ont. ; arrives about March loth, and leaves about October 

 20th. (A. B. Klugh.) Very abundant at Penetanguishene, Ont., 

 in the spring of 1903. (A. F. Young.) The U. S. National Museum 

 collection contains a specimen taken at Moose Factory, James bay, 

 in the summer of 1881, by Walton Haydon. (E. A. Preble.) 



A rare summer resident in Manitoba; they breed about the large 

 towns; since I wrote as above it is gratifying to note that this 

 species instead of being very rare has become quite common (1892) 

 in the country along the Assiniboine, and nearly every grove of 

 oak of any extent is found to have a pair making their home in it 

 along with the purple martin. (E. T. Seton.) A rare and breed- 

 ing summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) A species 



