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tain & Cox.) Taken at Godbout River; a rather rare summer 
migrant at Quebec. (Dzonne.) A scarce summer resident in the 
Montreal district; breeds on the island of Montreal. (Winile.) 
A common summer resident in the Ottawa district. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) The most abundant of the small flycatchers 
in the Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. (J. H. Fleming.) Very 
abundant everywhere in Algonquin Park, Ont., July, 1900. 
(Spreadborough.) A nest containing well-incubated eggs was col- 
lected near the south end of Oxford Lake, Keewatin, on the 
morning of June 30th, the female bird was taken with the eggs. 
(Prebles.) 
Very abundant at Pembina and west to Turtle Mountain, in 
Lat. 49°, beyond which it was not seen. (Coues.) A very abun- 
dant summer resident of open groves extending its range through- 
out the wooded part of the province of Manitoba. (Zhompson- 
Seton.) Common at the Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. 
(Nutung.) First seen at Indian Head, Assa., May 27th, 1892, 
later they became fairly common and bred in numbers in the 
vicinity of Deep Lake; collected at Medicine Hat and Crane 
Lake, Assa.,in June, 1894; abundant on Old Wives’ Creek, Assa., 
at its mouth, May 24th, 1895; this species was seen all the way 
up Old Wives’ Creek and at Wood Mountain Post; a small fly- 
catcher was seen at Farwell Creek, Cypress Hills, Assa., which 
may have been this species ; taken at Canmore, Alta., within the 
Rocky Mountains, but replaced at Banff by Wright’s flycatcher. 
First seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 12th, 1897, common next 
day ; in the foothills. southwest of Calgary common in July. 
(Sprearborough.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie ; 
common. (Koss.) 
Breepinc Nores.—A bird almost resembling the last, but a 
trifle smaller. It breeds commonly in the counties of Leeds and 
Renfrew, selecting a very different locality from ¢vaz/a for its 
nest. It is a familiar bird, frequenting orchards and the vicinity 
of houses, as well asthe second growth woods. The nests I_ 
have seen resemble a redstart’s and were built in the crotch of 
a maple and of apple trees. They contained four yellowish 
white eggs which were laid about the end of May, about two weeks 
earlier than the last. (Rev. C.J. Young.) I found it common on 
my arrival, the Ist of June, and during that month secured a large 
series of specimens, including many nests and eggs, the latter not 
