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Creek, Assa., May 30th, 1895, both by Prof. Macoun. Two sets 

 of eggs, five and six respectively, taken at Edmonton, Alta., May 

 22nd,. 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



CLXXXII. QUISCALUS Vieillot. 18 16. 



5115. Bronzed Grackle. 



Quiscalus quiscula cBneus (Ridgw.) Stejn. 1885. 



.._ A summer migrant in Newfoundland, but rare. {Reeks.) 

 Rare in Nova Scotia ; only three specimens seen. {Downs.) 

 Rare in King's Co., N. S.;' one observed May 3rd, 1895, 

 {H. Tufts.) Migrants arrived at Shulee, Cumberland Co., N. 

 S., March 12th. {C. H. Morrell.) One pair seen at Tracadie, 

 Prince Edward Island, nth July, 1888. {Macoun.) A pair of 

 these birds in Mr. Earle's possession were the only ones he had 

 ever seen on Prince Edward Island. {Dwight.) An abundant 

 summer resident in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain^ Very rare 

 in the Restigouche valley. {Brittain &■ Cox.) A common summer 

 resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H.Moore.) Taken 

 at Beauport; a common summer resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 An abundant summer resident in the Montreal district; breeds in 

 the city; observed here from April istto October nth. {Wintle.) 

 Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Wright.) York Factory, Hudson 

 Bay. {Dr. R. Bell.) Several seen near Sea Falls and on the 

 lower Echimamish, June 24th, 1901 ; common down to Oxford 

 House, but none seen below. {Prebles) 



A common summer resident in the Ottawa district. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident, but the flocks 

 that collect in the fall are not so large as formerly, I notice. I 

 saw none on the Magdalen Islands ; arrived on Wolfe Island, 

 April 2nd, 1901. {Rev. C.J. Young.) A common breeding species 

 in the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts; at Kearney they nest 

 in old woodpecker holes. (/. H. Fleming.) Abundant every- 

 where along the shores of the lakes in Algonquin Park; young 

 ones able to fly by June i8th, 1900. {Spreadborough.) 



Abundant at Pembina where it was breeding in June in the 

 hollows of trees. Occurred sparingly along the Mouse (Souris) 

 River in the fall, and during 1874 was traced westward to the 

 Rocky Mountains. {Coues.) An abundant summer resident in 

 Manitoba wherever there is wood and water; it apparently extends 

 as a straggler northward to Hudson Bay. {Thompson-Seton) A 

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