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resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) Not rare ; breeds at Lake Mis- 

 tassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) A single specimen 

 observed at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) York Fac- 

 tory, Hudson Bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) One heard, June 27th, at Grand 

 Entry Island, one of the Magdalen Islands ; but none afterwards. 

 {Brewster.) Common summer resident, breeds in Montreal upon 

 the gravelled roofs of houses. {Wifitle.) An abundant summer 

 resident. Since the building of houses with gravelled roofs these 

 birds have become very common in the city. They breed in 

 security on many of the flat roofs. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 Common summer resident in Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. 

 {J. H. Fleming!) Not so common as formerly in the London, Ont., 

 district. {W.E.Saunders!) Two observed in Algonquin Park, 

 June 1 8th. No others seen in three month's residence. {Spread- 

 borough!) This species is quite common in Manitoba and breeds 

 freely. {Thompson- Seton!) Exceedingly abundant on pleasant 

 evenings near our camp at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan River. 

 (Autting.) Few birds are better known in the Northwest Terri- 

 tories than this, which ranges in summer to the Arctic islands. 

 It makes its appearance at Great Bear Lake generally about the 

 last' of May, and was observed hatching on the Saskatchewan on 

 the 8th June. {Richardson.) North to Lapierre's House on the 

 Mackenzie River ; rather rare. {Ross.) A few straggling birds 

 have been observed in the far north but I never came across its 

 nest except on the Clearwater River near Fort McMurray in June, 

 1873. {Mac/arlatie.) Seen along the Athabasca River from the 

 mouth of Lesser Slave River to the Clearwater River, Lat. 56° 40' , 

 also on Methye Portage and from Methye Lake to Isle a la 

 Crosse. {J. M. Macoun.) Vancouver Island and throughout British 

 Columbia. {Lord.) Abundant summer resident in the interior ; 

 breeds. {Stre tor.) East of Coast Range ; a summer resident. 

 {Fannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack ; tolerably common. 

 All the specimens taken belong to the typical form and not to 

 henryi. {Brooks!) Abundant in all interior localities of British 

 Columbia. {Rhoads.) From Caribou Crossing, Lat. 60°, B.C., to 

 Tatchun River, Lat. 62° 20', near Rink Rapids, Yukon River. 

 The specimens were slightly darker than virginianus from the east. 

 {Bishop.) 



Breeding Notes. — A common summer resident, though it does 

 not appear to be as common as it was fifteen years ago. It lays 

 its two eggs, without any nest, on rocks, in a disused stone quarry. 



