376 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



Breeding Notes. — Nests quite commonly in Saskatchewan, build- 

 ing its nest on rafters in barns and laying four white eggs. {IV. 

 Raine.) May 27th, 1894, at Medicine Hat, found nest in the unfin- 

 ished Industrial school. The nest was very compact, composed of 

 fine grass, weeds, wool, cotton and a few feathers. Eggs, five, pink 

 before being blown, white afterwards. (Spreadborough.) A nest 

 was taken at Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., by Mr. John Callaghan, May 

 3rd, 1898. It was made of roots, and moss lined with feathers and 

 was built in a stable. 



CLXXXVII. NUTTALLORNIS Ridgway. 1887. 

 459. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 



Nuttallornis borealis (Swains.) Oberholser. 1899. 



One shot at Nenortatik, Greenland, 29th August, 1S40, and sent 

 to Copenhagen. (Arct. Man.) Audubon, Vol. I., p. 252, records 

 it from the coast of Labrador. (Packard.) One observed on Moose 

 river, near Moose Factory, James bay, June 4th, 1896. (Spread- 

 borough.) A common summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 

 Rather common at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton island, 

 N.S. ; July, 1898; breeding in woods at Brackley point, Prince 

 Edward island, July, 1888. (Macoun.) One specimen was ob- 

 served at Souris, Prince Edward island. Prof. Earle was familiar 

 with it. (Divight.) A common summer resident in New Bruns- 

 wick. (Chamberlain.) Summer resident at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B.; but not common; members of the same family keep 

 together when going south. (W. H. Moore.) Common in the 

 Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) A single specimen 

 noted at Plaster cove, Cape Breton island, on June 23rd. (Brewster.) 

 Common summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A scarce summer 

 resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal park; arrives about 

 May 8th and leaves about August 20th. (Wintle.) 



A summer resident in the Ottawa district, but rare. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Rare at Toronto ; but common in ^Nluskoka and 

 Parry vSound districts. In the spring of 1894 I found this flycatcher 

 not uncommon in the country between Kearney and Sand lake ; 

 they frequented the tops of the very tallest dead trees. (J. H. 

 Fleming.) Quite an uncommon bird at Toronto. I took one on 



