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firs in partly cleared lands. {Dwight.) An abundant summer 

 resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) Quite common in the 

 Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common spring 

 migrant, but is rather rare in summer. Breeds at Scotch Lake, 

 York CO., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) A common resident on the Mag- 

 dalen islands. {Bishop.) Common migrant at Quebec. A few 

 may breed. {Dionne.) An abundant transient visitant at Montreal ; 

 observed here from May 3rd to 19th, and from October 8th to loth. 

 {Wintle.) 



An abundant migrant and possibly breeds. Has been seen all 

 through the summer and probably breeds in the Mer Bleue. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common in central Ontario during migration. 

 A nest I found at Calabogie lake was built in a cedar, near the top, 

 about ten feet from the ground, and contained four fresh eggs on 

 May 29th; it was composed of twigs, roots, etc., lined with hair 

 inside. It also breeds at Sharbot Lake, Ont., where it shows a prefer- 

 ence for the neighborhood of water and nests in small cedars. {Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) Regular migrant at Toronto, Ont., not common in 

 the spring but abundant in the fall. Fairly common in the spring 

 in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, Ont. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 Rather common in summer in Algonquin park, Ont. Saw a pair 

 building in the top of a hemlock tree near Cache lake. They failed 

 to complete it and moved to another tree as they were seen there 

 all summer. {Spreadhorough.) Probably the first warbler to reach 

 us in the spring and last to leave us in the fall. I found young birds 

 just out of the nest on a small island in Belmont lake, near Have- 

 lock, Peterborough county, Ont., June 28th, 1895. (/. Hughes- 

 Samuel.) A migrant only, in Middlesex county, but has been 

 observed in several localities in North Bruce in the month of June. 

 {W. E. Saunders.) Usually abundant during migrations at Guelph, 

 Ont., but almost entirely absent in the spring of 1903. Seen from 

 about April 30th to May 12th and from September 6th to 8th, 

 {A. B. Klugh.) 



One was seen in company with kinglets and chickadees in the 

 spruce woods bordering Hill river, September 2nd, 1901. {E. A. 

 Preble.) Not observed on the 49th parallel until about the middle 

 of September, when during the fall migration it made its appear- 

 ance in abundance along the Mouse (Souris) river in company with 



