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dalen Islands. (Bishop.) Very common along the shores of the 

 islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, migrating on the approach of 

 winter. {Brewster!) A common summer resident in Quebec. 

 {Dionne.) Plentiful in Argenteuil Co., Que., up to loth December, 

 a few seen in January, and abundant by the last of February. 

 (V Urban) A rare permanent resident but a common summer 

 one at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore) An abun- 

 dant permanent resident at Montreal, not so often seen during 

 the winter months but sometimes appearing in large flocks at 

 Cote St. Paul alongside the railway tracks. (Wint/e.) A common 

 species on Hudson Bay. {Dr. R. Bell) Very abundant in the 

 Ottawa district in summer but scarce in winter. {Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) This bird has become very common in eastern Ontario 

 in recent years. On Wolfe Island it has become a pest, destroy- 

 ing many eggs of the smaller birds, and taking young chickens 

 and other birds. I saw a field last October (1900) literally covered 

 with crows ; they were as numerous as blackbirds. A few remain 

 along the St. Lawrence all winter, and I have seen them in the 

 coldest weather. {Rev. C.J. Young) Abundant about the settle- 

 ments in the Parry Sound and'Muskoka districts. {J. H. Fleming) 

 Rather scarce in Algonquin Park, only a few pairs breeding. 

 (Spreadborough.) During the cold weather of February, 1895, ^^ 

 Toronto these birds seemed to suffer severely from the elements 

 combined with the scarcity bi food ; many becoming so exhausted 

 as to only be able to fly short distances. {J. Hughes-Samuel) 

 A few were seen about Lake Win'nipeg and' Norway House, Kee- 

 watin, and a small number noted nearly every day between 

 Norway House and York Factory. They were common at York 

 Factory, and a few were seen at Fort Churchill, and one 50 miles 

 south of Cape Eskimo. {Prebles) 



According to my observation, crows are not very common in the 

 region under consideration (Lat. 49°), though I saw a good many 

 along the Mouse (Souris) River. The species occurs, however, 

 along the whole Missouri River. A nest containing five eggs, with 

 the female parent, was secured on Quaking Ash River, June 26th, 

 1874. {Coues) A common summer resident throughout Mani- 

 toba. {Thompson-Seton) This crow is seen in the interior of the 

 Northwest Territories in summer only and does not go beyond 

 Lat. 55° nor approach within five or six hundred miles of Hudson 

 Bay. {Richardson) North on the Mackenzie River to Lat. 61° ; 

 abundant. {Ross) On the loth May, 1865, an Esquimaux snared 



