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walking through one of their favourite retreats one can be almost 

 sure to hear the warning or scolding notes of any birds that may 

 chance to be disturbed. Any that I have heard singing have been 

 invariably perched on a dead branch well up from the ground. On 

 seeing that they are obsers^ed they will dart to thick cover, in which 

 case one is not likely to see them again for some time. On 30th 

 July, 1895, I met with a party of adults and young in a thick patch 

 of cedars a few miles west of Toronto. From nth to 30th May, 

 1899, I saw from one to six almost daily. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) 

 Fairly common during migrations, and breed in fair numbers. 

 Arrives about May i6th and leaves about September ist. (A. B. 

 Klugh.) 



I was agreeably surprised to find this species breeding abund- 

 antly at Pembina. At the end of June I found a nest supposed to 

 be of this species but the identification was not at all satisfactory. 

 (Coues.) A common summer resident of scrub lands, throughout 

 Manitoba. (E. T. Seton.) A tolerably common summer resident 

 at Aweme Manitoba; arrived May 24th, 1903, and disappeared 

 early in September. (Criddle.) This species was seen at Old Wives 

 creek, eastern Saskatchewan, in May, 1895. (Spreadboroiigh.) A 

 common breeding species throughout Manitoba in the wooded dis- 

 tricts; noted west of that province in 1906 at Touchwood hills and 

 Saskatoon, Sask., and Battle river, Alta. (Atkinson.) A possible 

 hybrid of this species and 0. tolmiei was taken at Grand rapids of 

 the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) This was a common species round 

 Lake Manitoba in June, 1881. A nest was taken at the "narrows" 

 on June i6th. (Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — On June 14th, 1902, a nest with four eggs 

 was found in a damp place near Montreal. It was built in a clump 

 of golden rod three inches above the ground and composed of grass 

 stems and leaves lined with thin black rootlets and hair. Nest 

 4x3 and 2.25 X 1 .75. Another nest was found in the forks of a 

 small bush, the brim six inches from the ground and made of dried 

 leaves, grass and bark, with a lining of hair-like roots, nest 4.25 x 3 

 and 2.25 X 1.75. ' (Garneau.) Nest found near Tetreauville, Hull, 

 Que., in a low bush, rather large for the size of the bird, composed 

 of moss, leaves and other vegetable matter, lined with grass and 



