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it contained showed by their galvanized appearance that they 

 were far advanced in incubation, and I did not remove or revisit 

 them ; the cavity in which this nest was placed was small, the bird 

 had either found it ready for her purpose, or had partly enlarged 

 it, and the nest itself was made of weed-stems, dry grass, animal 

 hair, and "hair-moss." Usually when the cavity is large, this 

 species uses a quantity of dead leaves in the construction of her 

 nest. (W. L. Kdls.) This bird is commoner at Sharbot lake 

 than on the St. Lawrence; here I found a number of pairs 

 breeding in 1903; one pair had a nest and young on a small island, 

 June 1 2th, 1903. I also found an unfinished nest on a small 

 island in Mosquito lake, North Frontenac, May 28, 1905. {Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) 



675a. Grinnell Water- Tb rush. 



Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis RiDGW. 1885. 



We saw our first water-thrush at Painted Stone portage. It was 

 close to the edge of the water and was running through the under- 

 growth which fringed the foot of a cliff. On the afternoon of the 

 same day, June 26th, we noted another at Robinson portage, and 

 on June 30th, a third at Oxford lake. When we arrived at Oxford 

 House we found the species rather common, and from there toi 

 York Factory, as we descended the rivers, its sprightly song was 

 heard daily. A pair seen at a portage on Hill river, July 7th, were 

 feeding young just from the nest. Three specimens were taken irt 

 the marshy woods about York Factory, where the species was com- 

 mon July nth to 17th, and one was taken August 8th by Alfred 

 E. Preble on Churchill river about 15 miles above Fort Churchill. 

 These proved to be intermediate between novaboracensis and nota- 

 bilis, but nearer to notabilis. (E. A. Preble.) A summer resident 

 along watercourses in Manitoba. They were very abundant at 

 Humphrey lake on August 9th, 1884. Evidently preparing to 

 migrate. (E. T. Seton.) A common migrant at Aweme, Man., a 

 few may breed. (Grid die.) An abundant m.igrant and an abun- 

 dant breeder about all the water-courses in Manitoba and noted 

 everywhere in w^ooded sections along the G. T. P. Ry., west to 

 Edmonton in 1906. (Atkinson.) Two specimens from Chemawa- 

 win, near Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan, agree more nearly 

 with the species than with .S. novaboracensis notabilis. (Nutting.) 



