566 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



in the thickest part of the bush. I visited the nest again on 26th 

 April when it contained 7 eggs.' Incubation had commenced. The 

 old birds were wild and kept away from the nest. The latter was 

 compact and very firm, built witH thorns and sticks outside, and 

 lined with grass, bits of rag, hair and feathers. These eggs are 

 like the other shrikes, but are larger and want the zone at the 

 large end. Though I have often seen the bird since in the 

 winter and early spring, I never met with another nest. {Rev. 

 C.J. Young.) On June nth, 1901, at Crescent Lake, Assa., I 

 came across a nest and 6 eggs of the northern shrike, and secured 

 the parent bird. The nest was built in a fire-killed willow at the 

 edge of a bluff looking out over the prairie and built about five 

 feet from the ground. The nest is a fine specimen, well built, 

 about 9 inches in diameter, and composed externally of twigs and 

 willow leaves. The centre is deep and well felted with down and 

 animal's fur, and the eggs are larger than those of the white- 

 rumped shrike. I have another large well-built nest and 6 eggs 

 that Mr. Wenman took at Spotted Lake, northern Alberta on 

 June 7th, 1897. This nest was also built in a willow 7 feet from 

 the ground. {W. Rai?ie.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten; four taken at Ottawa by Prof, and W. T. Macoun; four 

 taken at Indian Head, Assa., and two at Revelstoke, B.C . by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



One set of eggs taken at Lansdowne, Ont., by Rev. C. J. Young, 

 April 24th, 1895. 



6226. Migrant Shrike. 



Lanius ludovicianus migrajis Palmer. 1898. 

 A rare summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; it 

 bred here in igco; have seen five young with one pair of adults. 

 (W. H. Moore.) This bird is sometimes seen in Quebec. {Ciofine.) 

 A common summer resident at Montreal; breeds within the 

 city limits. {Wintle.) A rare summer resident at Ottawa. 

 {^Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) This bird appears to be more com- 

 mon or at any rate has been noticed more during the last two 

 years in the neighbourhood of Ottawa. During August and Sept- 

 ember, 1903, I saw several pairs and their young in March town- 

 ship, and saw one pair building their nest near Janeville on the 



