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CCXXXV. CYANOSPIZA Baird. 1858. 

 598. Indigo Bunting. 



Cyanospiza cyanea (Linn.) Baird. 1858. 



Apparently rare at St. John, N.B.; but said to be common on 

 the western side of Nova Scotia. {Chamberlain.) Have only 

 seen one pair at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B, That was in 

 June, 1900. {W . H. Moore.) Taken at Charlesbourg, near Quebec; 

 rather rare in the vicinity of Quebec. {Dionne.) A common 

 summer resident in the Montreal district. Breeds in Mount Royal 

 park. I have found their nests with Qggs. from June i8th to July 

 13th, and observed them here from May nth to August 13th. 

 {Wintle.) 



A moderately common summer resident around Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in the counties 

 of Leeds and Renfrew, where it usually makes its nest about the 

 middle of June in a raspberry thicket. {Rev. C. J. Young.) A 

 fairly common summer resident in the districts of Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka. It arrives later than most species. Regular though 

 not very common summer resident at Toronto, Ont. (/. H. Flem- 

 ing.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. {A. B. Klugh.) 

 Common in all suitable localities both in the western and northern 

 extremities of the western peninsula of Ontario. {W. E. Saunders.) 

 A rare and transient visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. 

 Young.) I was much surprised on July 30th, 1907, to locate a pair 

 of indigo buntings breeding in the thick undgrbrush of hazel and 

 raspberry about 15 miles west of Portage la Prairie, Man. This is 

 the only record I have of it in Manitoba. {Atkinson.) 



Breeding Notes. — The nests taken at Ottawa were placed in 

 low bushes, and were large for the size of the bird . They are composed 

 of grass, leaves and weed-stalks, lined with fine grass. Eggs 4 or 5, 

 white, tinged with blue; some eggs are speckled with reddish-brown. 

 {G. R. White.) This bird breeds sometimes at Ottawa, but more 

 frequently in Montreal in June, also at Lake Nominingue, 100 miles 

 north of Ottawa, in July. Nest in a fork in a bush two or three 

 feet from the ground, made of dried leaves and lined with fine grass 

 or hairs. Eggs in the set, three or four of a pale blue colour. {Garneau.) 

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