The Bluebird {Sialia sialis) in Quebec— A pair of Bluebirds, uttering 

 their usual call notes, flew over me within a few yards at Tadousac on 

 July 4, 1908. The species is so rare on the north shore of the lower St. 

 Lawrence that this occurrence seems worthy of note, for I know of no 

 other record save that of a pair found nesting by Mr. Comeau in July, 

 1880, at Godbout (Merriam, B. N. O. C, VII, 1882, p. 234). 



The birds I saw were traveling westward and were very possibly far 

 from their nesting ground, as no trace of them was found later in the sum- 

 mer, but the cool breezes of the maritime portion of eastern Canada are 

 not to the liking of this species, which reaches its northern limit not far 

 from the southern boundary line. 



Bluebirds occur, sparingly I imagine, about the city of Quebec, although 

 Mr. C. E. Dionne in 'Les Oiseaux de la Province de Quebec,' 1906, states 

 that they are there "assez commun." The summer climate of the city 

 and its environs is, however, much warmer than even fifty miles further 

 down the river where the influence of the cold waters of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence begins to be felt. 



As I had spent parts of eighteen summers at Tadousac, the pair of 

 Bluebirds was a great surprise, and I am glad they were not of a species 

 about the identification of which there would be the slightest doubt.— 

 J. DwiGHT, Jr., New York City. 



