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Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun) This species is more southern 

 in its habits than the Bohemian chatterer, and does not pass 

 north of Lat. 54° as far as my observations go. Mr. Drummond 

 obtained specimens on the Saskatchewan plains on 27th June, 

 1827. (^Richardson!) Common on Vancouver Island and along 

 the Fraser and Columbia rivers. (Lord!) Common wherever 

 there is an abundant food supply ; _ breeds. (Streator.) A com- 

 mon summer resident throughout the province. (Fannin.) Tol- 

 erably common summer resident at Chilliwack. Not observed 

 at 158-Mile House, B.C., but found breeding at Quesnel, further 

 to the north, where it evidently laid its eggs later than the larger 

 species. (Brooks.) A common species in British Columbia, and 

 as erratic in presence and abundance as its eastern counterpart. 

 (Rhoads.) Large flocks were seen at Seymour Creek, B.C., July 

 I2th, 1891 ; other large flocks on Sumas prairie, October lOth, 

 1894, and others again on Sea Island in the Fraser River, B.C. 

 (E. t. G. White) 



Breeding Notes. — I have often seen the nest in an apple tree 

 in an orchard, occasionally in a hemlock, and frequently in a 

 young maple; it is not usually built very high up in the tree, gen- 

 erally from 10 to 15 feet, but I have seen it as low down as five 

 feet and as high as twenty. This bird is, with the exception of 

 the goldfinch and the field sparrow, our latest builder; I have seen 

 the nest with fresh eggs late in July, and never earlier than the 

 i8th of June ; it is built of straws, grass stalks and wood, and 

 •lined with-hair and feathers; in this respect it presented a marked 

 contrast to the nest I found at Charleston Lake, Leeds Co., and 

 from the size of the eggs and location attributed to the last 

 species; eggs of the cedar bird vary considerably. (Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) 



At Ottawa this species builds in bushes or trees, generally ih a 

 crotch or saddled on a limb, a nest composed of twigs, bark, leaves 

 and rootlets ; lined with fine grass, hair and wool; eggs 4, slate 

 blue, spotted and blotched with brownish-black. (G. R. White.) 

 Nests built in all kinds of trees, never very high up, and made of 

 various materials, such as twigs, grasses, rootlets, leaves, plant- 

 down, wool and hairs ; four to six eggs are laid in June, July and 

 August, near Ottawa and at Lake Nominjngue 100 miles north of 

 it. (Garneau.) 



