CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 623 



Usnea that hung below a limb three-quarters of an inch in diameter 

 and about eight inches below the limb. (W. H. Moore.) 



CCLIII. DENDROICA Gray. 1842. 



650 Cape May Warbler. 



Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 



A specimen obtained by Drexler, May 28th, i860, at Moose 

 Factory, James bay. {Packard.) Very rare in Nova Scotia; only 

 one specimen taken at Stewiacke in midsummer. {Downs.) Rare ; 

 may breed at Grand Manan, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Of rare occur- 

 rence at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. ; it is known to breed here; 

 one nest was found containing three eggs, placed in a hemlock tree a 

 few feet from the trunk, and about eight feet up. {W . H. Moore.) 

 A scarce and transient visitant at Montreal; I shot three male 

 specimens of this warbler and saw others on the spur of Mount 

 Royal, one of which I shot May 14th and the other two May 21st, 

 1890. {Wintle.) This species is rare at Quebec, but two specimens 

 were taken in June, 1884. {Dionne.) A rare migrant at Ottawa; 

 have been taken by Mr. G. R. White in 1883, 1885, 1887, and 1888. 

 {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Met with it on the Magdalen islands 

 in 1897 ; I have a nest containing two eggs taken there from a small 

 spruce tree about two feet from the ground. Rarely met with in 

 North Hastings county, Ont., during migration. {Rev. C. J. Young.) 



Correctly described as rare in Ontario; I have previous to the 

 present spring season of 1900, seen only two specimens of this 

 bird, viz.: a male on 19th May, 1898, and a female on 21st May, 

 1899; but between the 8th and 19th May, 1900, I was fortunate in 

 seeing five males of the species and to hear their song; I had also 

 a chance to observe their habits during their short stay. (/. 

 Hughes-Samuel.) Rare migrant at Toronto, Ont., sometimes not 

 uncommon; formerly one of our rarest warblers. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 A rare migrant at London, Ont., two or three being the most noted 

 in a single migration. {W. E. Saunders.) 



Common summer resident along the Red river in Manitoba; not 

 widely distributed. {E. T. Seton.) An abundant migrant in 

 most parts of Manitoba but not noted breeding. {Atkinson.) A 

 rare species at Aweme, Manitoba. {Criddle.) Two specimens were 



