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borough) Abundant in some parts of British Columbia. {Lord) 

 I met with this bird only at Ashcroft, where one specimen was 

 taken and a few more seen. {Streator) East of Coast Range 

 only; a rare siimmer resident; breeds at Cache Creek. {Faman.) 

 Rare at Ashcroft and disappearing midway between Ashcroft and 

 Clinton, on the Bonaparte River; more numerous at Kamloops, 

 and abundant around Swan Lake, at Vernon, B.C. {Rhoads) 

 Abundant east of Coast Range; a few pairs breed west of it at 

 Chilliwack, B.C. {Brooks) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; seven taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; three 

 at Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



CLXXXI. SCOLECOPHAGUS Swainson. 183 i. 

 509. Rusty Blackbird. 



Scolecophagus carolinus {MviiA.) Ridgw. 1885. 



Common in Labrador; breeds at Fort Chimo, where young just 

 from the nest were obtained July loth, 1884. {Packard) One 

 pair observed on Moose River, June 2nd, 1896; doubtless breed- 

 ing; tolerably common in marshes from Richmond Gulf to Un- 

 gava; seen in flocks in the interior, July 24th. {Spreadborough) 

 A regular and common summer migrant in Newfoundland. 

 {Reeks) Fairly common along the Humber River, Newfound- 

 land, 1899. {Louis H. Porter) Common summer resident in 

 Nova Scotia. {Downs) Fairly common from the last of March 

 till September in Kings Co., N.S. {H. Tups) Bayley says it 

 breeds freely in the alders near Sydney, Cape Breton Isl.md. 

 First seen May 7th, common by June 8th, and remained all sum- 

 mer. {C. R. Harte) Occasionally seen at Baddeck and Mar- 

 garee, Cape Breton Island, N.S. {Macoun) A flock of twenty 

 or more, largely young birds, near east point of Prince Edward 

 Island, was seen July 7th; these were the only ones observed 

 although I had heard of their occurrence before. {Dwight) 



An irregular summer visitor iri New Brunswick. {Chamberlain) 

 A common spring and autumn migrant at Scotch Lake, York Co., 

 N.B. Have heard recently that this species breeds at Benton, 

 Carleton Co. {W.H.Moore) Taken at Beauport; a migrant in 

 spring and autumn in Quebec. {Dionne) Breeds abundantly in 



