CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 563 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Thirteen; two-taken at Ottawa by Mr. G. R. White; one at Ot- 

 tawa by Prof. Macoun; one at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saund- 

 ers; one at Carberry, Manitoba, by Mr.' E. Thompson-Seton ; one 

 at Indian Head, Assa., two at Banff, Rocky Mountains, one at 

 Trail, B.C., two at Spence's Bridge, B.C., and two at Huntington, 

 B.C., all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



One set of four eggs taken at Ottawa, Ont. 



Family XLVH. LANIID^. Shrikes. 



CCXXH. LANIUS Linn^us. 1758. 



Ui2i. Northern Shrike. 



Lanius borealis Vieill. 1807. 

 . Not common at Fort Chimo, Labrador; breeds there ; young 

 taken by the hand and unable to fly, June 30th, 1884 ; said to be 

 common in the southern portion of Labrador. {Packard.) A 

 young female was taken at Lake Melville, eastern Labrador, July 

 29th, 1891. {Norton) One observed at Moose Factory, June 9th, 

 1896; also one at Seal Lake, Labrador, Ju]^ 24th; apparently rare. 

 {Spreadborough) Rather rare in Newfoundland and may breed. 

 {Reeks) Rare in Nova Scotia in winter, only single specimens 

 seen. {Downs) One individual seen on Sable Island, N.S., in 

 November, 1902. {James Bouteillier) Seen at Sydney, Cape 

 Breton Island, on March 8th, and April 13th and 20th, 1902. {C. 

 R.Harte) An uncommon fall and winter visitant at St. John, N.B. 

 {Chamberlain) A rare permanent residentat Scotch Lake, York 

 Co., N.B. ; possibly breeds. {W. H. Moore) Taken at Beauport ; 

 resident in Quebec. {Dio?me) A common winter visitant at Mon- 

 treal ; observed here from October 20th to April nth, and I 

 believe I saw one as late as May 23rd, 1891, at Cote St. Antoine, 

 on the mountain side. {Wintle) 



Moderately common winter resident around Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A few of these birds are met with in eastern 

 Ontario in fall or winter; I have seen it in the county of Leeds as 

 early as October and late into the spring; it rarely breeds here; I 

 have only met with the nest twice, once in Quebec, a nest contain- 

 ing seven eggs on the 22nd April, and once in thecounty of Leeds 

 in a tall thorn bush among woods; this bird frequents the neigh- 



