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was several times heard early on the morning of June i6th, igoo, 

 at Bull Head Point, Lake Winnipeg, where the steamer stopped 

 for wood. (^Edward A. Preble) 



This species was found in small numbers on Turtle Mountain, 

 Manitoba, during the latter part of July. It doubtless breeds in 

 the locality ; not seen further west, {Coues.) Summer resident 

 in Manitoba ; arrives about April 20th, and departs about Oct. 

 15th; shot a male in full song. May 14th, 1883; it had_been feeding 

 on poplar catkins. {Thompson-Seton) First seen at Indian Head, 

 Assa., April 21st, 1892, quite common by May 12th ; a few breed 

 there as I saw them late in June ; this species arrived at Edmon- 

 ton, Alta., on May 3rd, 1897, and soon commenced to nest in the 

 tall trees ; observed one at Lake Ste. Anne, 60 miles from 

 Edmonton, Alta., June 8th, 1898 ; a few were observed from 

 the mouth of Lesser Slave River to Peace River Landing, 

 Atha., in Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903; taken at Canmore, Alta. 

 but not rare at Banff on the Bow River within the 

 Rocky Mountains, May 27th, 1891, where they were breed- 

 ing ; one seen in the Crow's Nest Pass in August, 1897. 

 (Spreadborough.) This bird was seen by us only on the banks of 

 the Saskatchewan where it feeds on willow buds. It is a summer 

 visitor, arriving, in the month of May.' {Richardson.') The single 

 male, secured at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan, agrees 

 perfectly with this species. {Nutting) Not rare at Athabasca 

 Landing and up the Athabasca to Lesser Slave River ; a few 

 birds at Fort McMurray, but none seen up the Clearwater, River, 

 Lat 56° ; not rare but local between Methye Portage and Isle a 

 la Crosse, Sask. (/. M. Macojin) I saw this beautiful finch for 

 the first time last April and beginning of May in company with 

 juncos and tree sparrows. {Coubeaux) On June 8th, 1893, at 

 Banff, Alberta, I found a nest and eggs of this species built in 

 a willow bush five feet from the ground. {W. Raine) 



Breeding Notes. — Nest built on a horizontal bough composed 

 of vegetable matter, fibre and rootlets, lined with hair. Eggs, 

 four, pale dull greenish, almost white, sparsely sprinkled with 

 blackish and lilac. {G. R. White) A bird that is hardly as plen- 

 tiful, apparently, in Ontario, as in former years. I have found the 

 nest three times in Ontario, twice in a small spruce tree and once 

 in a cedar. I also saw a nest at Lansdowne, Ont., in a small 

 maple. .This is a late breeder, all, the eggs I have seen were laid 



