CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 531 
It is an abundant species on Duck Mountain tn that province, in 
spruce woods. (Zhompson-Seton.) First seen at Avenue, Mani- 
toba, May 12th, 1903, and last was seen August 27th, 1903; it was 
common on May t2th. (Norman Criddle.) This seems to bea rare 
migrant at Indian Head, Assa., it was first seen May 11th and dis- 
appeared by the end of the month, not seen further west on the 
prairie; one individual seen at Peace River Landing, Lat. 56° 15’, 
in June, 1903; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897, not 
very common, seen chiefly in the mixed timber along the river 
hardly ever seen in poplar woods; a few individuals seen in the 
foothills south of Calgary. (Spreadborough.) North to Fort 
Simpson on the Mackenzie River; very rare. (/oss.) One speci- 
men found dead in the woods at the Grand Rapids of the Sas- 
katchewan. (Vutting.) 
BreEepInG Nores.—Nest on the ground, composed of bark, 
grass and leaves, lined with plant down and hair, in woods near 
Ottawa. Eggs 4-6, creamy-white, spotted and sprinkled with 
reddish-brown. (G. R. White.) This warbler is one of the first of 
the main drove of warblers that arrives from the south. They 
come early in May and herald their arrival by singing their weak 
see-see-see-see song. The young are able to be about with the 
adults by the_1oth of July. Although resembling the parent 
birds, the stripes are not so well defined in their plumage as are 
those of the parents. The old birds are very alert and watchful 
when the young are unable to know danger themselves. (W. H. 
Moore.) On the southeast corner of the farm lot that adjoins 
Wildwood on the north, and but a few rods from the boundary 
line, in a stretch of low ground, there stands the turned-up root 
of an old fallen tree, the top of which is over a dozen feet from 
the level ground. In what was once the “upper” side of this 
“turn-up ” and about half-way in its height, I discovered on the 
28th of May a nest containing three eggs which, at the time, | 
took to be those of a Canadian warbler. Three days after I re- 
visited the site, found the mother bird “ at home,” and seated on 
the nest. At my near approach she flushed off and down upon 
the ground, where with outspread and quivering wings, and the 
venting of a few notes, she attempted to draw my attention from 
her treasures. Gazing down on the interesting little creature 
within a few feet of where I stood, 1 was not much surprised, 
though somewhat disappointed, to note that the specimen was of 
