CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 645 



some leafy twigs on the side of a pretty large birch tree, five or six 

 feet from the ground. This, with a set of the first eggs of the species 

 that I took, are still in my collection, and a notable feature about the 

 nest of this find, is that the beginning and outside of the nest is 

 ornamented with pieces of birch bark, and usually also with insect 

 cocoons. It much resembles the nest of a chipping sparrow, but 

 there is less hair in the inside, and the foundation is less bulky. 

 Inside, it is about two inches across, by one and a half deep. {W. 

 L. Kells.) 



661. Black-poll Warbler. 



Dendroica striata (Forst.) Baird. 1858. 



One specimen sent from Godthaab, Greenland, in 1853. {Arct. 

 Man.) Abundant throughout the wooded portion of Labrador. 

 Breeds plentifully at Fort Chimo, where seven nests and eggs were 

 obtained in 1884 by Turner. {Packard.) Observed one at Fort 

 George, June 20th, 1896, and two more between the fort and Rich- 

 mond gulf; common all across Ungava from Richmond gulf to Fort 

 Chimo; I believe the last of them left the country for the south 

 about August 23rd, 1896, as on that day I saw the last one near 

 Fort Chimo. (Spreadborough.) A very abundant and character- 

 istic bird, of northeastern Labrador; as far north as the limit of 

 timber near Cape Aillik. {Bigelow.) Apparently not uncommon in 

 summer in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Seen in large numbers on the 

 Humber river, Newfoundland, August 27th, 1899. {Louis H. 

 Porter.) A not uncommon summer resident at Halifax, N.S. 

 {Downs.) Locally common summer resident in Nova Scotia; com- 

 mon as a migrant in King's county from June i to 10. {H. F. Tufts.) 

 Appeared in numbers on Sable island, N.S., May 21st, 1902. This 

 was after a gale; one seen. May i8th, 1907. (/. Boutelier.) Not 

 common at Baddeck, Cape Breton island. {F. H. Allen.) Common 

 during the spring and autumn migrations. Rare in summer at St- 

 John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A rare spring migrant at Scotch Lake, 

 York county, N.B. {W. H. Moore.) A very abundant bird on the 

 Magdalen islands; breeding everywhere. {Bishop.) Decidedly the 

 most numerous of the warblers on the Magdalen islands, and fairly 

 common at Anticosti as well as along the north shore of the St. 

 Lawrence. {Brewster.) Not rare at Lake Mistassini, Que. (/. M. 



