CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 349 
woods in the vicinity of Winnipeg, but more abundant to the 
north. (Zhompson-Seton.) Only noticed at Pembina (Lat. 49°), 
which is probably at or near its northwestern limit. ( Cowes.) 
BREEDING Nores.~ Quite common in beech and maple groves 
in the county of Leeds, Ont., and around Kingston. I have fre- 
quently seen the nest, sometimes as late as July 15th, usually on 
the upper side of a bough of a beech tree, but occasionally on a 
maple. I never saw more than three eggs in a nest, several times 
only two. (Rev. C.J. Young.) Mr. A. C. McKeand found a nest 
of this flycatcher containing three eggs June 26th, 1885, in Mount 
Royal Park ; the nest was attached to the fork of a small hori- 
zontal branch of a tree growing on the top of the mountain. © The 
nest of this bird is a difficult one to discover as it is generally 
built upon a thick horizontal branch. (Wntle.) This species 
breeds at Kew Beach, Toronto. It seldom lays more than three 
eggs in a beautifully built nest, externally covered with pieces of 
lichen after the manner of the ruby-throated hummingbird. (W. 
Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Four; two taken at Ottawa and one near Toronto by Mr. S. 
Herring; one taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., by Mr. Spread- 
borough. 
Two sets of three eggs each; one taken near Ottawa in June, 
1892, by Mr. A.G. Kingston; and one at Toronto by Mr. J. Parke, 
July 1oth, 1897. The latter nest was lined outside with lichens and 
inside consisted of hair, roots, &c. 
462. Western Wood Pewee. 
Contopus richardsonti (SWAINs.) Batrp, 1858. 
Audubon, Vol. I., p. 220, states that he found it breeding in 
Labrador. (Fackard.) <A tolerably common summer resident in 
woods and bluffs. This species commonly frequents the open 
woods and willow thickets while wrens seems to keep to the 
heavier, thicker timber. (Zhompson-Seton.) First observed in 
1892 at Indian Head, Assa., on May 26th; a few were seen after 
this but they never became common; quite common at Banff, 
Rocky Mountains, in the summer of 1891 ; quite common and 
breeding in low woods at Revelstoke, B.C., Deer Park, Lower 
Arrow Lake and Pass Creek, Columbia River, B.C. Nests usually 
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