CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. S71 
mer resident; breeds in the hardwood woods; nests are quite 
common at Penetanguishene. (4. 4. Young.) 
Abundant about Lake Winnipeg, at Norway House, and 
between Norway House and Oxford House. In the vicinity of 
Oxford House its song was heard almost continually. After 
leaving that point we heard nothing more of the bird. (EZ. A. 
_ Prebles.. Abundant at Pembina, where it was breeding in June 
and again on the upper Missouri. (Cowes.) Abundant summer 
resident of woodlands in Manitoba, and breeds in suitable places. 
In July, 1883, a nest was taken which contained one bird ready to 
fly, another half grown and an egg which was near being hatched. 
‘The nest was composed outwardly of wasp-nest paper. (7hompson- 
Seton.) Abundant at Grand Rapids of Saskatchewan. Breeding at 
Chemawawin. One of the most conspicuous songsters in the 
country. (Vw¢tting.) First noted at the Grand Rapids of the Atha- 
basca; common down the river to Fort McMurray; common up 
the Clearwater to Methye Portage; very common between 
Methye Lake and Isle a la Crosse. ((/. W/. Macoun.) This species 
was shot at Cumberland House, on the Saskatchewan, 2nd June, 
1827. (Richardson.) North to Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie 
River; rare. (Xoss.) First seen at Indian Head, Assa., June 7th, 
1892; soon after they became common, and began to breed; the 
first arrivals at Medicine Hat, Assa., were on May Iogth, they never 
became common before I left for Crane Lake; a pair seen at Old 
Wives’ Creek, Assa., May 29th, 1895; another pair seen at Medicine 
Lodge, on Rocky Creek, south of Wood Mountain, June 14th, 
1895; first seen May 13th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd 
found a nest ina small alder tree about ten feet from the ground, 
the nest had three of its own and one cowbird’s egg; common 
from Lesser Slave Lake to Peace River Landing, Lat. 56° 15’, in 
June, 1903; common from Edmonton to Athabasca Pass ; 
also in the valley jof McLennan’ River, B.C., in June, 1808’; 
seen in the Crow’s Nest Pass, July 29th; rather scarce at 
Banff, Rocky Mountains in June, 1891, breeding in the Bow 
valley; breeding in the Columbia River valley at Robson in June, 
1890, nest in the fork of a tall shrub; quite common near the 
International Boundary, between Trail and Kettle River, B.C., in 
the summer of 1902; seen and heard at Kamloops and Agassiz, 
B.C., May, 1889; common at Chilliwack in the spring of 1902, and 
seen along the river later in the summer. (Spreadborough.) 
