CATAtOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 653 



the Greenland coast, especially in the vicinity of habitations, 

 they build in a tussock much like a sparrow, but there the ravens 

 are not so numerous or destructive to birds ^nd eggs as in Cum- 

 berland Sound. The species is generally distributed on both sides 

 of Cumberland Sound, and the west shore of Davis' Strait to Lat, 

 68° N.,at least,but nowhere very abundant. {Kumlien.) Supposed to 

 breed in Greenland not further south than Lat. 67°,but unquestion- 

 ably does so in the northern parts of the North American continent. 

 {Arct. Man.) One of the most abundant birds in northeastern 

 Labrador. Characteristic, with the horned lark, of the most barren 

 and wind-swept hill-tops. Breeds very commonly. {Bigelow.) 

 Abundant throughout Labrador. Nests and eggs were obtained 

 at Fort Chimo where it breeds plentifully. {Packard.) Common 

 on the high rocky islands in James Bay and on all the high bar- 

 ren hills between Richmond Gulf and Ungava Bay. June i8th, 

 1896, found a nest, with five eggs, beneath over-hanging rock 

 composed of dry grass. \Spreadborough.) Two males were taken 

 at Chateau Bay, Labrador, July 14th, 1891. {Norton.) A com- 

 mon summer migrant in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) A common 

 migrant in and around Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) Seen in numbers 

 on Sable Island, N.S., September 19th, igo2. {James Bouteillier.) 

 Occurs in spring and fall at Grand -Manan, N.B. {Chamberlain.) 

 A common spring and autumn resident at Scotch Lake, York 

 Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore.) A common but transient visitant at 

 Montreal. Observed both in spring and autumn. Flocks larger in 

 the fall migrations. {Wintle.) Occasionally common around Que- 

 bec in spring and fall. Taken at Beauport. {Dionne.) 



An abundant migrant at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) 

 I have seen a few of these birds in Leeds Co., Ont., in the month 

 of October. {Ret). C. J. Young.) Reported as common, in the 

 autumn at Beaumaris, by Mr. Tavernier. Mr. Kay saw some 

 at Fort Sydney on August isth, 1890. They occur regularly in 

 Muskoka, and were common at Sand Lake in October, 1900. 

 (/. H. Fleniing) Usually quite abundant along the shores of 

 Toronto Bay in the fall, but passing through so quickly in the 

 spring as to be often overlooked. Those I have seen in spring 

 have been here during the first week in May. {J. Hughes-Samuel.) 

 A passing migrant at Guelph, Ont. {A. B. Klugh.) Rather 

 cbittmon, July 24th to 30th, 1901, on the rocky hills at Fort 

 Churchill where a pair Was taken. A large flock was seen on 



