CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 607 



629a. Cassin Vireo. 



Lanimreo solitarius cassinii (Xantus) Ridgw. 1875. 



Rather rare at Canmore, but breeding in June, 1891 ; not uncom- 

 mon at Deer Park, Columbia river, and found breeding on Pass 

 creek at Robson, B.C. ; common in thick woods on the International 

 Boundary between Trail and Kettle river, B.C., in the summer of 

 1902; common at Elko, B.C., by May 20th in 1904; common from 

 Midway to Lake Osoyoos and between Princeton and Hope summit 

 in 1905 ; apparently rare in the Fraser valley, only taken at Agassiz 

 and Westminster Junction, 1889; common at Chilliwack, B.C. in 

 the spring, observed young out of the nest by June 5th, 1901 ; first 

 seen at Victoria, Vancouver island, April 27th, 1893, common by 

 May 5th; apparently common at Comox, Nanaimo, Sooke, and Stubb 

 island on the west coast. {Spreadborough.) Sumas and Vancouver 

 island. {Lord.) Rare, only two specimens taken, one at Ashcroft, 

 the other at Ducks, B.C. (Streator.) East and west of Coast range ; 

 summer resident. (Fannin.) Summer resident at Chilliwack; not 

 common. (Brooks.) This species is represented by specimens from 

 nearly every locality in British Columbia, including Vancouver 

 island, Lac La Hache and Vernon; it is found in the open timber 

 at higher elevations. (Rhoads.) 



CCXLVIIL VIREO Vieillot. 1807. 

 631. White-eyed Vireo. 



Vireo noveboracensis noveboracensis (Gmel.) Bonap. 1824. 



Audubon, Vol. IV., page 148, states that a few were seen in Labra- 

 dor. (Packard.) One shot at South bay near St. John, N.B. 

 (Chamberlain.) A single bird was observed for some minutes in full 

 song, and within five or six feet, on September 8th, 1899, along the 

 Humber river, Newfoundland. (Louis H. Porter.) Am positive I 

 I saw this species, August 30th, 1901, at Glace bay, Cape Breton 

 island ; and that I heard it several times before in the same locality. 

 (C. R. Harte.) About two miles from Woodstock, Ont., we have 

 a piece of woodland composed of small cedars with here and there 

 a little grassy glade and some patches of hawthorns and second 

 growth maple; on the 25th April, 1902, I shot in this bush an ex- 



