CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 613 
resident at St. John,N.B. (Chamberlain.) A pair seen in woods near 
Black River, Prince Edward Island, July 18th, 1888. (AZacoun.) A 
scarce transient visitant at Montreal. I have shot specimens on 
the spur of Mount Royal as late as May 28th, 1892, but have not 
met this species after that date. Mr. Kuetzing says this species 
breeds on Montreal Island as he has seen them on the eastern 
part of the island in July. (Wintle.) Seldom met with around 
Quebec in summer; taken at Beauport. (Duonne.). A rare, 
irregular spring migrant in May and June. A pair was observed 
gathering nest material, June 15th, 1902, at Scotch Lake, N.B. 
(W. H. Moore.) 
A moderately common migrant around Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) An uncommon warbler in eastern Ontario. 
I saw one specimen in the grass at Lansdowne, Leeds Co., Ont. 
A few breed on the Magdalen Islands. I obtained a nest with 
four eggs taken there in June, 1898, ten feet from the ground, 
in a spruce tree. The eggs are fully as large as those of 
the black-poll warbler, but are differently marked. (Rev. C. /. 
Young.) Not abundant in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. 
I have met with it only during migration. (/. H. Fleming.) 
Though usually by no means abundant I think no spring season 
passes without a fair number visiting this locality. If they pass 
this way in the fall in any numbersI think they doso in company 
with D. striata which they at this season much resemble, and so 
are not noted. Occasionally in May they are unusually abundant 
—my note for 19th May, 1888, reading: “ Heavy thunder storm 
about 3 a.m. and another at 6 a.m. Morning much milder than of 
late, atmosphere very hazy. Vast influx of migrants, many of 
which had no doubt been kept back by the cold nights the past 
week. Bay-breasts wére astonishingly numerous, and in fact, 
though it may seem strange, although many of the common 
warblers were here in full force, D. castanea was certainly the most 
numerous—so much so in fact that at one time I counted no less 
than twelve feeding on the ground at one time, and in the space 
of a few feet. The insectshad been beaten down by the previous 
_night’s storm. I also saw several of these birds taking a dainty 
little bath in a puddle of water in company with many birds of 
widely divergent habits. (J. Hughes-Samuels.) Passing migrant 
at Guelph, Ont. Abundant this fall (1903). Seen about May 
15th and again about August 27th. (A. B. Klugh.) 
