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among timbered tracts. Resident south of the " height of land." 

 (Packard)) One seen at Richmond Gulf, July ist, 1896; not again 

 observed in Labrador. {Spreadborough.) Three specimens taken 

 at Cullingham's Cove, Hamilton Inlet, Labrador, 1891. "{Norton.) 

 Common throughout the year in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Com- 

 mon in winter in Nova Scotia. {Downs) Abundant during Dec- 

 ember-and first two weeks in January in Cumberland Co., N.S., 

 after which none were seen, with the exception of one pair seen 

 at Shulee, April 3rd, 1899. {Morrell) Common in the spruce 

 woods north of Atillik, northeast coast of Labrador, beyond 

 which spruces dwindled into low bushes. {Bigelow) A flock of 

 several was seen at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, N.S., May 24th, 

 1902. Known locally as " Ortolan." {C. R. Harte.) Appears 

 regularly about the first of December at Kings Co., N.S., and 

 remains till March. {H. Tufts.) Common in New Brunswick in 

 winter. {Chambet lain.) Rare summer resident near Scotch Lake, 

 York Co., N.B., breeds to the north of the province. (W.H.Moore.) 

 Found nesting in the valley of Restigouche, N.B. {Brittain &■ Cox) 

 Common in the winter at Lake Mistassini, Que. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Common summer resident in eastern Quebec. {Dionne) A com- 

 mon winter visitant at Montreal ; they often visit the city in such 

 places where mountain ash trees with berries are to be found; 

 observed from October 30th to April 26th. {Wintle) Irregularly 

 abundant at Ottawa, Ont. It appeared in immense numbers in 

 the winter of 1882-3 and again in 1888-9 as did many others of our 

 winter birds. {Ottawa Naturalist^ Vol. V.) More or less com- 

 mon in Ottawa every winter. {Macoun.) In March, 1895, ^ ^^^ 

 several of these birds at Lansdowne, Ont., feeding on the seeds of 

 the black ash. In the month of June, 1897, 1 found them common 

 on the Magdalen Islands, Que.-, where a fewbreed in the thick woods. 

 {Rev. C.J. Young) A common winter resident, sometimes ap- 

 pearing in immense flocks. In the districts of Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka, in September, 1898, I saw small flocks feeding on the 

 tops of the highest pines. (/. H. Fleming) A winter visitor at 

 Guelph ; fairly common some years, in others entirely absent. 

 {A. B. Klugh) A winter resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. Very 

 plentiful during the winter of 1900 and 1901, when the beech nuts, 

 were a very heavy crop, at which time they could be seen in the 

 beech woods picking at the hulls of the remaining nuts. {A. F. 

 Young) 

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