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28th of May a nest containing three eggs which, at the time, I 

 took to be those of a Canadian warbler. Three days after I re- 

 visited the site, found the mother bird "at home," and seated on 

 the nest. At my near approach she flushed off and down upon 

 the grcund, where with outspread and quivering wings, and the 

 venting of a few notes, she attempted to draw my attention from 

 her treasures. Gazing down on the interesting little creature 

 within a few feet of where I stood, I was not much surprised, though 

 somewhat disappointed, to note that the specimen was of the M- 

 varia species, and that it was her nest that was placed before mc 

 and which now contained five beautifully spotted fresh eggs. The 

 cavity in which the nest was placed had been partly excavated, 

 probably by the bird itself; but in order to support the foundation 

 quite a large quantity of dead leaves and strips of bark had been 

 used, and inside of this there was a lining of fine vegetable materials 

 and some animal hair. (1^. L. Kelts.) I have found in small 

 w^oods, about the middle of June, nests with young warblers able to 

 fly. One of those nests, discovered on the 14th of June, was placed 

 at the foot of a tree under dead branches. The 3'oung birds flew' 

 away, and in the bottom of the nest was a cowbird's egg covered 

 over as it is in a yellow warbler's nest. It was made of inner 

 bark and leaves, lined with' hairs and rootlets. Outside diameter 

 4 inches and height 2.50 inches; inside diameter 2 inches by 1.75 

 inches deep. {Garneau.) 



CCL. PROTONOTARIA Baird. 1858. 



637. Prothonotary Warbler. 



Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.) Baird. 1858. 



A rare migrant in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) One speci- 

 men taken at Hamilton, Ont., May 23rd, 1888. (Mcllwraith.) 

 Has been seen at Toronto, Ont., at least once. (/. H. Fleming.) 

 I have every reason to suppose that this bird occasionally crosses 

 the St. Lawrence and visits Ontario, I even think it occasionally 

 breeds, for I came across a nest located in the stub of a willow at 

 the "drowned lands," some eight miles north of Gananoque, which 

 contained one egg, and which corresponds with the description of 

 site of nest and authentic egg of this bird ; the date was June loth, 

 1896. (Rev. C. J. Young.) 

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