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bourhood of villages in winter ; I have a stuffed specimen that 

 was caught in the village of Lansdowne, Ont., having flown against 

 a window in an attempt to get at a canary that was kept in a cage 

 inside. {Rev. C.J. Young.) A not uncommon wint.er resident in 

 Parry Sound and Muskoka districts ; I have met them at Sand 

 Lake in October, 1899. (-/• ^- Fleming.) A few reach us every 

 .fall at Toronto and spend the winter with us; paying great atten- 

 tion to Passer domesticus. On the 2gth October, 1896, I watched 

 one for upwards of 30 minutes chasing a bat which had been 

 driven from an old shed ; the actions of the shrike were most 

 quaint, as each time he approached the bat he seemed to hesitate 

 to seize it — even granted that he could do so ; at last the shrike 

 concluded to leave the uncanny object alone and to seek some 

 more genial repast. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) An occasional winter 

 visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young}) 



Two specimens were taken at Fort Churchill, where the birds 

 were rather common July 23rd to 30th, 1901, and one was taken 

 and another noted near Painted Stone Portage on September 14th. 

 {E. A. Prebles) Taken at York Factory, Hudson Bay. {Dr. R. 

 Bell.) Taken at Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) 



A tolerably commo* spring and fall visitant in Manitoba. 

 {Thompson-Seton) Very common and regular summer visitor, 

 breeding throughout the district around Prince Albert, Sask. 

 {Cmcbeaux.) An individual seen at Fort McMurray,-Lat. 56° 40'. 

 (/. M. Macoun.) This is by no means an uncommon bird in the 

 wooded districts of the Northwest Territories up to Lat. 60°, if 

 not further north. It is most frequent on the banks of the Sas- 

 katchewan where it is usually seen on the borders of the plains, or 

 in the vicinity of a lake, perched upon a tree. {Richardson) North 

 to Fort Good Hope on the Mackenzie River; not rare. {Ross.) 

 A nest of this species containing six eggs was obtained at Fort 

 Anderson on i ith June, 1863, afterwards another nest was obtained 

 more to the north on the Anderson River. (Macfarlane.) This 

 species arrives at Indian Head, Assa., in March, or before, and 

 although they became tolerably common in April, all were gone by 

 the 2ist of that month; only two pairs were seen at Revelstoke, 

 B.C., in April, 1890; none were seen at Banff'the next year, so that 

 it seems to be rare in the Rocky Mountains; one seen at Sumas 

 prairie, Fraser River valley, October 4th, 1901; rather rare on 

 Vancouver Island. {Spreadborough.) Tolerably abundant in British 



