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master. {Nutting?) Not an uncommon resident but more fre- 

 quently seen in winter along the wooded banks of the Saskatche- 

 wan and in the well wooded parts of the prairie. {Coubeaux.) Not 

 rare around Athabasca Landing, May 22nd, 1888, and up the Atha- 

 basca to Lesser Slave River ; one specimen was taken three miles 

 up the Clearwater River from Fort Mc Murray in Lat. 56° 30' ; 

 said to be quite common around Isle a la Crosse Lake and to 

 winter there. (/. M. Ai<.:o-un.) One observed, June 8th, 1897, at 

 Edmonton, Alta., eating a young bird ; the only one seen. 

 {Spreadborough. ) 



Breeding Notes. — Found nesting in a hemlock tree near 

 Beechwood, Ottawa. The nest was composed of sticks lined 

 with weeds, grass and down. Eggs four, clay colour with brown 

 spots. (G. R. White:) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine ; two taken at Ottawa and one at Belleville, Ont., by Prof. 

 Macoun. One taken at Ottawa and another at London, Ont., by 

 W. E. Saunders. Two taken by S. Herring at Toronto, Ont. ; and 

 one in Algonquin Park, Ont., by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



Three sets of eggs. One set of three taken at Port Durham, 

 Ont., by Mr. Osbert Byers in 1893 ; one set of three at Minden, 

 Ont., by Mr. A. A. Cole, June 15th, 1896; nest built of dead 

 tamarac twigs in a black ash tree about 18 feet from the ground. 

 One set of five taken at Berlin, Ont., by Mr. W. Raine, May 28th, 

 ■1899. Nest in an oak tree about eight feet from the ground, built 

 of twigs, roots and grass. 



478. Steller's Jay. 



Cyanocitta stelleri (Gmel.) Strickl. 1845. 

 This species was common in the vicinity of Hastings and 

 Agassiz, B.C., west of Coast Range in May, i88g ; abundant around 

 Chilliwack and Huntington, B.C., in the summer of igoi ; a very 

 common resident throughout Vancouver Island, nesting late in 

 April. (Spreadborough}) An abundant resident east and west of 

 the Coast Range ; breeds both on the island, and on mainland of 

 British Columbia. {Fanning) Quite common resident in the 

 lower Eraser Valley, B.C. (Brooks) Found only on the coast 

 and west of the Coast Range. (Rhoads.) Common along the 

 edge of the timber near the shore wherever I landed around 

 Sitka, Alaska. (Grinnell.) Several specimens were taken by C. 



