7° The Ottawa Naturalist. [July 



regarding this species: " Tlie Black-throated Green Wood- 

 Warbler is occasionally seen through the summer in this part of 

 Canada ; but I have never met vi^ith the nest of this bird, and am 

 inclined to believe that the majority of them breed farther north. 

 They appear here in little parties of twos and threes on their 

 southward journey in September, and are said to spend the winter 

 in the tropics. Their plumage is very beautiful. The male has 

 the upper parts a very light yellowish green ; the front of the 

 head, a band over the eye, the cheeks and the sides of the neck 

 and the upper parts of the sides of the body, are deep black ; the 

 rest of the lower parts are white, tinged with yellowish ; the quills 

 and tail feathers are brownish-black, the secondary coverts largely 

 tipped with white, as are the tail feathers, of which the greater 

 part of the outer three, and a patch on the inner web of the 

 fourth, are white. . . . Those who have seen the nest of this 

 species describe it as being placed among the thick branches of 

 an evergreen tree, from 20 to 50 feet off the ground, and being 

 composed of small twigs, strips of pine bark, fibres of wood, and 

 horse-hair; and the set of eggs to be four in number, of a whitish 

 hue, spotted with reddish-brown." 



Mr. Vennor, in his Notes on the Wood-Warblers of Mon- 

 treal, 1861, does not mention this species ; but Mr. D. Wintle, in 

 his " Birds of Montreal," 1896, records it as a " common spring 

 migrant," but a scarce summer resident. " I saw one on June 

 18, 1887, in Mount Royal Park, and shot a male and a female 

 specimen on July ist, 1885, at Calumet ; also observed two or 

 three young of this species on August 27, 1892, in Mount Royal 

 Park. Observed here in spring, in May, and in autumn, from 

 October 4th to loth." 



Mr. Mcllwraith, in his "Birds of Ontario," says: "The 

 Black-throated Green Warbler is a regular visitor in spring and 

 fall. It appears earlier in spring than some others of its class, 

 and soon announces its arrival by frequent utterances of its 

 characteristic notes, which are readily recognized when heard 

 in the woods. " 



Mr. M. Chamberlain, of St. John, N.B., wrote regarding this 

 species : " It occurs from the Atlan ic border to Lake Huron, and 



