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Lansdowne, Ont., and I suppose in the county of Renfrew, where 
I have seen it in summer; I once found a nest in June, 1899, 
built in a bushy second growth maple about seven feet from the 
- ground, not far from the Grand Trunk Railway at Lansdowne. 
(Rev. C.J. Young.) Acommon summer resident in the districts of 
Parry Sound and Muskoka; breeds in hardwood bush. (/. @. 
Fleming.) Not rare in Algonquin Park, Ont. in summer. (Spread- 
borough.) A common summer resident in Middle ex and North 
Bruce, Ont. (W.£. Saunders.) Fairly common summer resident 
at Guelph, Ont.; arrives about May 12th, leaves about September 
15th. (4.8. Klugh.) A common and breeding summer resident 
at Penetanguishene, Ont. . (A. /. Young.) Not uncommon in 
eastern Manitoba; known to breed on the shores of the south 
end of Lake Winnipeg; has been seen as far west as Qu’Appelle 
in eastern Assiniboia. (Zhompson-Scton.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Nest at Ottawa on the horizontal bough of 
atree; it is arather large affair, composed of twigs, fibres and 
rootlets, lined with fine grass. Fggs, 4, of a dull greenish blue, 
spotted with lilac and brown. (G. &. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. - 
Four; two taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; one 
taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., May 31st, 1900, by Mr. Spread- 
borough; one taken at London, Ont., May 27th, 1888, by Mr. W. 
E. Saunders. 
One set of four eggs taken north of Toronto, May 24th, 1897, 
by Mr. W. Raine. , 
610. Summer Tanager. 
Piranga rubra (LINN.) VIEILL. 1807. 
One or two specimens of this species have been taken in the 
spring in Nova Scotia. (Dozwzs.) On the island of Grand Manan, 
N.B.; one specimen taken in May, 1881. (Batchelder.) A rare 
transient visitant in the district of Montreal. Mr. Kuetzing says 
eight examples of this species have been shot on the island of 
of Montreal. I believe I saw one at St. Bruno on May 25th, 1885, 
but it disappeared too quickly to be sure of it. (Wintle.) After 
many years looking for its occurence Mr.MclIlwraith obtained one 
specimen near Hamilton in May, 1885. [See Birds of Ontario, 
