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towards spring in Cumberland Co., N.S. i^C.H. Morrell) Common 

 resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. {C.R. Harte.) Common 

 resident King's Co., N.S. They are great destroyers of eggs and 

 young birds. {H.Tu/ts) Rather common at Baddeck and Margaree, 

 Cape Breton Island, N.S., July, 1898 ; one pair seen at Brackley 

 Point, Prince Edward Island, June 25th, 1888. {Macoun.) A 

 small flock was seen at Plaster Cove near Port Hawksbury, Cape 

 Breton Island, but none elsewhere. {Brewster) Not abundant 

 on Prince Edward Island, and only occasionally met with. 

 {Dwigkt.) 



An abundant resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Com- 

 mon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) Taken 

 at Beauport ; common in Quebec. [Diomie.) Abundant every- 

 where, but extremely numerous at Hamilton's farm in August, 

 1858, Argenteuil Co., Que. {D'Urban.) Transient visitant at 

 Montreal, but common. I have observed this jay here in March, 

 May, June, September, October, November and December, and it 

 is likely that a few winter in the district. {Wintle.) Permanent 

 resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. They are very destruc- 

 tive to eggs and young birds, but very shy about their own nests, 

 and during their nesting season. May 20th — July 20th, they are 

 very quiet. ( W. H. Moore) 



A common and permanent resident in the Ottawa district; 

 more common in summer. (Ottawa Nattiralist,\o\.W) Common 

 in winter along the St. Lawrence, a few breeding. I have seen 

 the nest in the counties of Leeds and Renfrew. The eggs are 

 laid about the middle of May. I observed this bird breeding on 

 the Magdalen Islands. (Rev. C.J. Yowig.) One of the most 

 abundant resident birds in the Parry Sound and Muskoka dis- 

 tricts. (/. H. Fleming.) 



Not seen west of Pembina where it was abundant. (Coues.) 

 This is a tolerably common summer resident in all the wooded 

 parts of Manitoba, many retire to the thick woods in winter. 

 (Thompson- Seton.) Several individuals were seen in the groves of 

 Quercus macrocarpa, at West Selkirk, Manitoba. (Prebles) This 

 very handsome jay visits the Northwest Territories in summer up 

 to Lat. 56°, but seldom approaches Hudson Bay. (Richardson.) 

 Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Dr. R. Bell.) I saw in 

 the post residence near Chemawawin, Grand Rapids of Saskatche- 

 wan, a mounted specimen of this species, which had been killed 

 by an Indian and mounted by Mrs. King, the wife of the post- 



