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Rather common resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Common 

 throughout the year at WoIfville,N.S. (H. Tufts.) Common resident 

 at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S. {C. R. Harte.) On trees 

 in woods, Brackley Point, Prince Edward Island, 1888 ; also in 

 woods, Cape Breton Island, 1898. (Macoun.) A common resi- 

 dent, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, winter of 1897-98. (C. H. 

 Morrell.) Abundant throughout the entire year in New Bruns- 

 wick. (Chafnberlain.) A tolerably common permanent resident, 

 breeds, York Co., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Very rare in the Resti- 

 gouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) One seen on Grind- 

 stone Island, Magdalen Islands. {Bishop.) One pair was 

 found nesting at Fox Bay, Anticosti, Que., in July. {Brewster.) 

 Taken at Beauport ; common resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 A common and permanent resident in the Montreal district ; 

 breeds in Mount Royal Park ; scarce during the winter months 

 but plentiful in the spring of the year. {Wintle.) 



An abundant resident in the Ottawa district, but more common 

 in spring and summer. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common 

 resident in Ontario, but more common in spring and fall migra- 

 tions. {Mcllwraith.) This species breeds near Toronto but is 

 much more common in the Muskoka district. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I found this species abundant at Whitney, Parry. Sound Railway, 

 during November and December, 1898. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 

 Breeding but not common in Algonquin Park, Ont., July, igoo. 

 {Spreadborough.) Common in spring, summer and fall, but only 

 a few remain through the winter. I once found a male of this 

 species diligently digging a hole in a small stump in October, 

 presumably for winter quarters. {W. if. Saunders.) 



A tolerably common resident in the wooded sections of Mani- 

 toba, but is scarce in the more southern portion. {Thompson- 

 Seton.) Only a few specimens were seen at Indian Head, Assa., 

 in 1892 : one specimen was taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 

 I2th, 1894. Observed one April 22nd, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta. ; 

 saw another on the 29th ; apparently quite rare ; one seen at 

 Crow's Nest Pass in July. Specimens were taken at Banff, Alta., 

 in August, 1891. {Spreadborough.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have occasionally seen this bird in the 

 •winter, but not so often as the hairy. It breeds later ; most of 

 the nests I have seen contained fresh eggs the last week of May, 

 although once I found young birds at that date. {Rev. C. J. 



