346 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA, 
CLXIV. CONTOPUS Casanis. 1855. 
459. Olive-sided Flycatcher. 
Contopus borealis (SWAINS.) BAIRD. 1858. 
One shot at Nenortatik, Greenland, 29th August, 1840, and 
sent to Copenhagen. (Avct. Man.) Audubon, Vol. I, p. 252, 
records it from the coast of Labrador. (Packard.) One observed 
on Moose River near Moose Factory, James Bay, June 4th, 1896 
(Spreadborough.) A common summer resident in Nova Scotia 
(Downs.) Rather common at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape 
Breton Island, N.S.;, July, 1898; breeding in woods at Brackley 
Point, Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. (d/acoun.) One speci- 
men was observed at Souris, Prince Edward Island. Prof. Earle 
was familiar with it. (Dzzght.) A common summer resident in 
New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) Summer resident at Scotch 
Lake, York Co., N.B.; but not common; members of the same 
family keep together when going south. (W. H. Moore.) Com- 
mon in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) A single 
specimen noted at Plaster Cove, Cape Breton Island on June 23rd. 
(Brewster.) Common summer resident in Quebec. (Dionne.) A 
scarce summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal 
Park; arrives about May 8th and leaves about August 20th. 
(Wintle.) 
A summer resident in the Ottawa district, but rare. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Rare at Toronto ; but common in Muskoka 
and Parry Sound districts. In the spring of 18941 found this 
flycatcher not uncommon in the country between Kearney and 
Sand Lake ; they frequented the tops of the very tallest dead 
trees. (J. H. Fleming.) Quite an uncommon bird at Toronto. I 
took one on August 17th, 1897, and saw one during the past fall 
(1900) ; two were taken at Port Credit, 27th August, 1894, by Mr. 
Massey ; I have seen three or four other specimens during the 
last four or five years. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) A very rare sum- 
mer migrant near London, Ont., but a common breeder in 
North Bruce. (W. E. Saunders.) Abundant and breeding every- 
where in swamps in Algonquin Park, Ont., June, 1900. (Spread- 
borough.) Observed but once, on July 4th, 1900, in a swamp bor- 
dering Trout River, between Oxford House and Knee Lake, 
Keewatin, (Pvredles.) 
A common summer resident of woodlands throughout northern 
Manitoba. On July 26th, 1883, in the tamarac swamp beyond 
