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the country, that two species of chickadees occur at Northwest 

 River, at the head of Hamilton Inlet. {Packard.) Common on 

 Moose River; none seen at Moose Factory or further north. 

 {Spreaddorough.) Common and resident throughout the year on 

 Newfoundland. [Reeks.) Most abundant along the Humber River, 

 Newfoundland, 1899. {Louis H. Porter.) 



An abundant resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs) Common at 

 Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton Island, N.S., July, 1898 ; 

 quite common in woods at Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island, 

 June, 1888. {Macoun.) Occasionally, small roving families were 

 encountered on Prince Edward Island, so that it is a fairly com- 

 mon species. {Dwight.) An abundant resident throughout the 

 year at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) An abundant and perman- 

 ent resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore.) Not 

 uncommon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) 



Quite common at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) A common and permanent resident, but most common 

 in spring and autumn. {Dionne) A common winter visitant ; 

 observed from September 17th to April 25th. {Winile.) A com- 

 mon resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A very 

 common species in eastern Ontario; about Lansdowne, Ont., I 

 met with the nest in May containing six eggs. {Rev. C.J. Young.) 

 An abundant breeding resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka dis- 

 tricts, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) Common everywhere in Algonquin 

 Park, Ont., in summer, saw a pair making a hest in a rotten 

 stump, June i8th, 1900; atiother pair was seen building a nest in 

 a hole in a birch tree on July isth; they appear to work only early 

 in the morning at building their nest. {Spreadborough) Resident 

 the year round at London, Ont., but less common in summer than 

 at other seasons. {W. E. Saunders.) Very common resident at 

 Guelph, Ont. {A.B.Klugk.) An abundant resident at Pene- 

 tanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young.) Has been taken at Moose 

 Factory, James Bay, on two occasions. {E. A. Prebles.) 



Breeding Notes. — This species nests at Scotch Lake, N.B., 

 from April to August. Sometimes it uses an old woodpecker's 

 nest, lining it with dark fibres, fur and a few feathers. From five 

 to eight eggs are laid. {W. H. Moore.) Nest built in a tree or 

 stump, at Ottawa, lined with hair, iine grass, moss and feathers. 

 Eggs, six to eight, white, speckled and spotted with reddish- 



