580 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 
Famity XLIX. MNIOTILTIDAs. Woop Warsters. 
CCXXIV. MNIOTILTA VieriLior. 1316. 
636. Black and White Warbler. : 
Mniotilta varia (LINN.) VIEILL. 1818. 
A specimen was obtained at Moose Factory, May 13th, 1860, 
and also on the 30th by Drexler. (Packard.) Quite common at 
Moose Factory, June, 1896; none seen elsewhere. (Spread- 
borough.) Apparently a common summer migrant in Newfound- 
land. (eeks.) Common summer resident at Halifax, N. S. 
(Downs.) A common migrant at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 
N.S. (C. 8. Harte.) Not rare at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape 
Breton Island, July, 1898; seen at Mount Stewart, Prince Edward 
Island, July 11th, 1888.  (dZacoun.) Occasionally seen or its 
‘wiry’ song heard, though not very common. (Dwight.) A 
common summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Rare 
on the Magdalens, but very likely breeds. (Bzshop.) On July 
gth a male was heard singing at Fox Bay, Anticosti; another 
was taken a little later. (Svews¢er.) Taken at Beauport; not rare 
at Quebec. (Dionne.) A scarce summer resident but common 
migrant at Montreal. Observed here from May 3rd to August 
22nd. (Wintle.) 
A common summer resident but more abundant during migra- 
tions. (Ottawa Naturalst, Vol. V.) A fairly common summer 
resident in the woods of eastern Ontario. I once found a nest in 
a mossy bank in a large wood, containing four infertile eggs and 
one young bird on June 29th, 1894, near Lansdowne, Ont. (Rev. 
C. J. Young.) A common summer resident in the districts of 
Parry Sound and Muskoka. (/. H. Fleming.) Not common in 
Algonquin Park, Ont. _Only observed two from May 25th to 
June 15th, 1900. (Spreadborough.) Abundant near Toronto and 
breeds there. On 25th April, 1896, saw large numbers of them. 
(J. Hughes-Samuel.) Near London, Ont., this species is confined 
to the coniferous swamps where it breeds in fair numbers. (W. £. 
Saunders.) A common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives 
about April 28th and leaves about September 12th. (A. B. Klugh.) 
A single specimen was taken at Pembina where it probably 
breeds, though the fact was not ascertained. Not found further 
west. (Coues.) This species is widely distributed in Manitoba. 
