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this account we conclude that it breeds in its range from New- 

 foundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, 

 Quebec and Ontario. We have records of its occurrence in all 

 these provinces but not as being anywhere common. 



After long watching I at last found a small colony of these 

 birds (seven in number) in a cedar swamp some miles from the 

 city of Ottawa, Ont., and secured a fine pair on the ist November, 

 1901. (G. R. White) 



This is a tolerably common summer resident in Manitoba, and 

 evidently breeds throughout the province. {Thontpson-Seton.) 

 One seen at Indian Head, Assa., on April 13th, 1892, and not seen 

 again until June. The one killed had a white-footed mouse and 

 some large beetles in its stomach. On May 8th, 1894, a pair was 

 seen at Medicine Hat, Assa., and others were seen on Old Wives' 

 Creek, Assa., May, 1895 > '^ was not observed anywhere in the 

 Rocky Mountains but was not uncommon in the woods at Edmon- 

 ton, Alta., in May, 1897 ; later, I found a nest, with six eggs, in a 

 spruce tree about ten feet from the ground, composed of sticks and 

 lined with dried grass and leaves; a pair seen at Sicamous, B.C., in 

 July, 1889. {Sfreadborough) This bird has been found as far 

 north as Lat. 60°, and probably exists as far north as the forest 

 extends. It is plentiful in the woods skirting the Saskatchewan 

 plains, and frequents the shores of Hudson Bay only in summer. 

 {Richardson.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie ; rare. 

 {Ross.) Common throughout British Columbia. {Lord.) Rare ; 

 I have taken it on Vancouver Island only. {Fannin.) Not com- 

 mon in the Lower Eraser valley ; resident ; not uncommon on 

 Lake Okanagan in the winter of 1897-98 ; resides in the Cariboo 

 district of British Columbia throughout the winter. {Brooks.) 

 Rare everywhere but likely to turn up anywhere in British Col- 

 umbia. {Rhoads.) 



Breeding Notes. — Rarely observed in eastern Ontario. One 

 specimen shot near Lynn, Leeds Co. in the fall of 1893. {Rev. C. 

 J. Young.) Not common, breeds in old crows' nests. Eggs five or 

 six. (W. E. Saunders) May 20th, 1881, found a nest in a clump 

 of willows about 20 miles west of Winnipeg, Manitoba; nest, a 

 small bundle of sticks lined with the inner bark of the willow, 

 about eight feet from the ground ; eggs, three. Also found a 

 nest not quite finished at Medicine Hat in the spring of 1894 in 

 a Manitoba maple; nest about the same height from the ground 



