CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 615 
it, was placed among some leafy twigs on the side of a pretty 
large birch tree, five or six feet from the ground. This with a 
set of the first eggs of the species that I took are still in my 
collection, and a notable feature about the nest of this find is, 
that the beginning and outside of the nest is ornamented with 
pieces of birch bark, and usually also with insect cocoons. It 
much resembles the nest of a chipping sparrow, but there is less 
hair in the inside, and the foundation is less bulky. Inside, it is 
about two inches across, by one and a half deep. (W. L. Kells.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Five; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; two 
taken at Brandon, Man., June, 1880, by the writer; one taken at 
Indian Head, Assa., June 8th, 1892, and another at Medicine Hat, 
Assa., May tgth, 1894, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
661. Black-poll Warbler. 
Dendroica striata (ForstT.) BarrD. 1858. 
One specimen sent from Godthaab, Greenland in 1853. (Arez. 
Man.) Abundant throughout the wooded portion of Labrador. 
Breeds plentifully at Fort Chimo, where seven nests and eggs 
were obtained in 1884 by Turner. (Packard.) Observed one at 
Fort George, June 20th, 1896, and two more between the fort and 
Richmond Gulf ; common all across Ungava from Richmond 
Gulf to Fort Chimo; I believe the last of them left the country 
for the south about August 23rd, 1896, as on that day I saw the 
last one near Fort Chimo. (Spreadborough.) A very abundant 
and characteristic bird, of northeastern Labrador; as far north as 
the limit of timber near Cape Aillik. (Bzgelow.) Apparently not 
uncommon in summer in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) Seen in large 
numbers on the Humber River, Newfoundland, August 27th, 1399. 
(Louis H. Porter.) A not uncommon summer resident at Halifax, 
N.S. (Downs.) Appeared in numbers on Sable Island, N.S. May 
21st, 1902. This was after a gale. (/ames Bouteiwllier.) Not 
common at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. (7. H. Allen.) Com- 
mon during the spring and autumn migrations. Rare in summer 
at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) A rare spring migrant at 
Scotch Lake, York Co.,N.B. (/!.H. Moore.) Avery abundant , 
bird on the Magdalen Islands; breeding everywhere. (Dzshop.) 
Decidedly the most numerous of the warblers on the Magdalen 
