CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 531 
CCX. GUIRACA Swainson. 1827. 
597. Blue Grosbeak. 
Guiraca cerulea (LINN.) SWAINS. 1827. 
One specimen shot at Four-mile House, near Halifax, N.S, 
(Downs.) On the 7th May, 1862, both sexes of this bird were 
noticed at Mille Vaches, lower St. Lawrence, Que., by Mr. 
Peverley, Sr.; they were accompanied in the same tree by the 
little indigo bunting. (Couper in Can. Nat., Vol. VII., 1862.) 
CCXI. CYANOSPIZA Bairp. 1858. 
598. Indigo Bunting. 
Cyanospiza cyanea (LINN.) BAIRD. 1858. 
Apparently rare at St. John, N.B.; but said to be common on 
the western side of Nova Scotia. (Chamberlain.) Have only 
seen-one pair at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. That was in June, 
1900. (W. H. Moore.) Taken at Charlesbourg, near Quebec ; 
rather rare in the vicinity of Quebec. (Dzonne.) A common 
summer resident in the Montreal district. Breeds in Mount 
Royal park. I have found their nests with eggs from June 18th 
to July 13th, and observed them here from May 11th to August 
13th. (Wintle.) 
A moderately common summer resident around Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in the 
counties of Leeds and Renfrew, where it usually makes its nest 
about the middle of June in a raspberry thicket. (Rev. C./. Young.) 
A fairly common summer resident in the districts of Parry Sound 
and Muskoka. It arrives later than most species. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. (4.8. Klugh.) Com- 
mon in all suitable localities both in the western and northern 
extremities of the western peninsula of Ontario. (W. £. Saunders.) 
A rare and transient visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. 7. 
Young.) 
BBeEEpING Notes.—The nests taken at Ottawa were placed in 
low bushes, and were large for the size of the bird. It is com- 
posed of grass, leaves and weed-stalks, lined with fine grass. Eggs 
4 or 5, white, tinged with blue; some eggs are speckled with 
reddish-brown. (G. R. White.) This bird breeds sometimes at 
