262 NOTES ON NOVA SCOTIAN ZOOLOGY—PIERS. 
Road, about two miles from Dartmouth, by Mr. Watson L. 
Bishop. There was about four inches of snow on the ground. 
It is the first of the species he has obtained, although he 
had collected for many years near Kentville, in the western 
part of the province. About Pictou, I understand, the species 
is more common, but near this city it is rare. 
NORTHERN SHRIKE (Laniws borealis). This is a rare winter 
visitor in Nova Scotia. Mr. Francklyn shot a specimen at the 
North West Arm, Halifax, on February 22nd, 1895. The bird 
at the time was engaged in killing Snowflakes (P. nivalis). 
Another was obtained at Canning, King’s Co., on March Ist of 
the same year, by Mr. Dickie. 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (Dendroica castanea). In a pre- 
vious article (“ Notes on N. 8S. Zoology, No. 2”) I noted a nest 
and two eggs of this warbler which had been collected by Mr. 
Austen. The same gentleman informed me that during the 
summer of 1895 he found two more nests at Dartmouth, near 
Halifax. One of these, ecntaining four eggs, was taken during 
the latter part of June, and the other was collected about July. 
Nests and eggs of this species are rare. 
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Dendroica blackburnie). During 
the summer of 1896 Mr. Walter Brett, of Sackville, Halifax 
County, took one specimen at that place. The late Mr. 
Downs considered this species very rare. Mr. Chamberlain 
thinks its secluded habits may have given rise to its reported 
rarety in Canada. 
WINTER WREN (Troglodytes hiemalis). An account of the 
very rare nest and eggs of this wren has already appeared in the 
publications of the Institute (Zransactions, vol. vin., p. 208). 
On June 11th, 1894, my brother and myself found another nest 
of the species at the Rocking-stone (Kidston’s) Lake, Spryfield, 
Halifax County. It was only a few feet away from the spot 
in which was situated the one described in the paper just 
referred to. As far as could be observed, the second nest was 
