CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 647 



Dreeding. (E. T. Seton.) A tolerably common spring visitant, 

 possibly breeds at Aweme, Manitoba. (Criddle.) Common migrant 

 in Manitoba generally, not known to breed. (Atkinson.) This is 

 a common spring migrant at Indian Head, Sask., two individuals 

 were seen May 9th, 1892 ; towards the end of the month they became 

 common, but all disappeared by June 5th; first saw one male May 

 loth, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Sask.; quite common by the i6th, all 

 disappeared by the end of May; some may breed, as they acted as 

 if they would ; a few individuals seen at Old Wives creek, Sask., late 

 in May, 1895 ; one individual seen at the upper crossing of Lob-stick 

 creek, northwest of Edmonton, June, 1898; a common breeding 

 species at Banff, Rocky mountains, in the summer of 1891 ; observed 

 a pair at Bragg creek, about 40 miles southwest of Calgary, June 28th, 

 1897. (Sprcadborough.) One specimen secured at the Grand 

 Rapids of the Saskatchewan. (Nutting.) Two or three individuals 

 seen on the Athabaska river near Lesser Slave river. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Our specimen of this bird was killed by an Indian in the neighbour- 

 hood of Cumberland House, in the latter end of May. (Richardson.) 

 North to Lapierre House, on the Mackenzie river; common. (Ross.) 

 More plentiful than D. coronata, although only 21 nests were secured. 

 (Macfarlane.) Female observed feeding young at Artillery lake, 

 August 5th, 1907. (E. T. Seton.) They were all similarly situated, 

 and contained four or five eggs, and two or three of them were on 

 the ground. I shot a black-poll warbler in the first plumage at 

 Ouesnel, B.C., but was unable to find it in the thick brush ; I am very 

 well acquainted with the species and am positive of its identity. 

 (Brooks.) Although this species has its breeding grounds in the 

 wooded interior it occurs along the sea-coast of Norton sound during 

 the spring migration. (Nelson.) This species was obtained only at 

 Fort Yukon on September i8th, 1875, and also in 1877; it is not 

 common at any time in that locality. (Turner.) At Log Cabin in 

 the White pass on June 15th, 1899, this species was common; on 

 July 5th took a male at Lake Marsh and two specimens were taken 

 at Cariboo Crossing, B.C. (Bishop.) One specimen taken at Fort 

 Kenai, Cook inlet, Alaska, by Bischoflf. (Osgood.) Found breeding 

 in the Kowak valley, Kotzebue sound, Alaska, in 1899. (Grinnell.) 

 An adult female was taken on Sheep creek on the Kenai peninsula, 

 Alaska; besides being noted at several other points and no doubt 

 breeds there. (Figgins.) 



