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Ont., also in North Hastings. I have observed them feeding on 

 potato bugs in Frontenac county. {Re^. C. J. Young.) A cpmmon 

 summer resident in the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, 

 breeding usually in second growth hardwood. Regular spring 

 migrant at Toronto, Ont. Mr. Nash gives full records from July 

 13th to the middle of August and I took a young male on September 

 loth, 1906. (/. H. Fleming.) Rather uncommon summer resident 

 in Algonquin park, Ont. (Spreadborough.) Formerly common all 

 over South western Ontario ; now it is more so in the north than in 

 the south where it has probably been killed off to a certain extent. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) Fairly common summer resident at Guelph, 

 Ont.; arrives about May loth, and leaves about September ist. 

 (A. B. Klugh.) A breeding summer resident at Penetanguishene, 

 Ont. {A. F. Young.) 



Common summer resident in Manitoba, in thickets; breeds 

 throughout the province in suitable locaHties. {E. T. Seton.) 

 Quite common breeder at Aweme, Man. (Criddle.) An abundant 

 breeding species in all the wooded districts of Manitoba and west to 

 Yorkton, Sask. (Atkinson.) Only one specimen at Indian Head, Sask. 

 on May 26th, 1892 ; first saw three females at Medicine Hat, Sask., May 

 1 7th, 1 894, later saw two males ; a few pairs bred in the river valley ; 

 late in June a few were seen in the Cypress hills ; taken at Old Wives 

 creek and seen at Wood mountain post, Sask., in July, 1895 ; was 

 seen on the islands in St. Mary river, Alta. (Spreadborough.) A 

 specimen of this bird was obtained near the Saskatchewan on 

 Sir John Franklin's first expedition, but we had not the good fortune 

 to meet with it on our second journey. (Richardson.) First seen 

 at Edmonton, Alta., May 15th, 1897; found a nest in an alder bush 

 about ten feet from the ground ; nest a very slight affair, in fact, I 

 could see the eggs quite through it ; it was just a few sticks placed 

 in the fork of a bush. Eggs three ; the male was sitting on the eggs ; 

 common in the poplar woods from Edmonton to the McLeod river ; 

 common from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 

 15', June, 1903. (Spreadborough.) Common from Lesser Slave 

 river down the Athabaska river to Fort McMurray, lat. 56° 40'; 

 not rare up the Clearwater river to Methye portage. (/. M. Macoun.) 

 Rare near Prince Albert, Sask., only a few seen during the summer; 

 probaHy breeds in the country. (Coubeaux.) 



