572 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Cardston, and at Waterton Lake, Rocky Mountains, Alta. '; com- 

 mon about the falls in Crow's Nest Pass, and south of Calgary, 

 A.lta. ; occasionally seen in winter at Banff, Rocky Mountains ; 

 seen in numbers at Revelstoke, B.C., in March, and ten miles south 

 of Kamloops in June, 1889, but not seen in April or May ; a few 

 specimens were seen on the mountains at Spence's Bridge, B.C., 

 and at Agassiz in 1889; observed at McGuire's ranch, August 20th, 

 near Chilliwack, B.C., and common at Huntington and Chilli- 

 wack, in the fall of 1901. {Spreadborough.) 



Rare ; only two noted and one male shot in five years, near 

 forks of Saskatchewan. {Coubeaux.) Well scattered over the 

 interior but nowhere so common as in the Okanagan valley near 

 Vernon, B.C. {Rhoads.) The miners at Sunrise City, Cook's Inlet, 

 Alaska, told us that magpies had been seen in that vicinity 

 frequently, but we did not observe them there or at any other 

 point on the inlet. Specimens were taken in Graham Harbour 

 by Townsend in 1892. {Osgood & Heller.) 



Breeding Notes. — Two nests of this species were found in 

 green ash-leaved maple a little below the forks of Old Wives' 

 Creek, Assa., June ist, 1895. Neither contained eggs. Nest 

 quite large, nearly two feet high. Base of nest built of coarse 

 sticks, then lined on the inside with about an inch of clay, this cup 

 being at least eight inches across. This is afterwards lined to a 

 depth of two to four inches with fine rootlets and small twigs of 

 willow. The whole covered with a canopy of coarse sticks, leav- 

 ing a hole large enough for the bird to enter and leave without 

 injuring the tail. {Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa.; one at Old Wives' 

 Creek, Assa., and eight at Chilliwack, B.C., all by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



One full set of seven eggs taken at Three Hill Creek, Alta., by 

 Capt. W. Thorburn, May 28th, 1898. 



CLXIX. CYANOCITTA Strickland. 1845. 



477. Blue Jay. 



Cyanocitta cristata (Linn.) Strickl. 1845. 



A summer migrant in Newfoundland, but not common. {Reeks.) 

 Common resident in Nova Scotia. {Downs.) Frequently seen 



