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but have seen them carrying nest material in the latter part of 

 March. They took wool and straw from robin's and cedar bird's 

 nests. {W.H.Moore.) 



This species rarely visits the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Ottawa, though common in the hills to the north of it. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common along the Ottawa in county of 

 Renfrew near the lumber camps. It breeds very early in spring. 

 I have seen one as far south as the county of Leeds, near West- 

 port, Ont. {Rev. C.J.Young) Common in the Parry Sound dis- 

 trict; reported only as a winter resident in Muskoka by Mr. Kay. 

 {J.H.Fleming.) Found very abundant at Whitney near Algon- 

 quin Park, in the fall and winter of 1898. (/. Hug/tes-Samuel.) 

 Reported from North Bruce, but not reported from the London 

 district. {W. E. Saunders.) 



This species was reported at Norway House, Keewatin, and was 

 seen nearly every day from there to York Factory ; specimens 

 were taken on the Echimamish, at Oxford House and at \ ork 

 Factory ; several were seen at Fort Churchill. {Prebles.) 



A common resident in wooded sections, especially among ever- 

 greens, in Manitoba ; it becomes more abundant in the northern 

 parts of the province. {Thompson-Seton.) On May iith, 1892, 

 two individuals were seen at Indian Head, Assa.; after this no 

 others were seen. Observed three April 26th, 1897, at Edmonton, 

 Alta. Tolerably common there ; a farmer near Red Deer, Alta., 

 found a nest with eggs in a hollow tree the first week in March. 

 Another farmer while cutting wood near Edmonton found a nest 

 with eggs in a spruce tree the first week in March. {Spread- 

 borough.) Abundant at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. 

 {Nutting) This species inhabits the wooded districts from Lat. 

 56° to eastern Canada. {Richardson) North on the Mackenzie 

 to Lapierre's House ; abundant. {Ross) Tolerably numerous in 

 the wooded country, even to its northern and eastern limits, but 

 none were observed by us on the " barrens" proper, west or east 

 of Horton River, nor on the Arctic coast. {Macfarlane) From 

 the head waters of the Yukon to the mouth of the Tanana River 

 occur birds which are almost typical representatives of the jay 

 found in British America. {Nelson.) This bird comes to the 

 Saskatchewan as soon as the winter is here and is then seen in 

 numbers everywhere {Coubeaux) Abundant all over the interior 

 north of the Saskatchewan. (/. M. Macoun.) 



