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A rare migrant at Ottawa; latest record May 6th and 8th, 1888. 
( Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) I noticed this bird to be very com- 
mon in bushy places and waste ground on Wolfe Island near 
Kingston, Ont., near the end of April and beginning of May, 1900. 
They were migrating but for a few days were quite tame, alight- 
ing a good deal on the ground at the base of small bushes. (Rev. 
C. J. Young.) 
673. Prairie Warbler. 
Dendroica discolor (VIEILL.) BatrRD. 1858. 
The only note I have of this bird reads :—‘‘ 11th May, 1goo. 
Very cold morning and I did not see more than a dozen common 
warblers from 5 to 7a.m. AsI wascoming home I saw asmall! but 
active little warbler which was quite new to me and I followed it 
for a considerable distance as it passed quickly from tree to tree. 
Ultimately I took it and was pleased to find that I had a speci- 
men of the prairie warbler, the first recorded appearance of this 
bird in Ontario. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) On May 11th, 1900, while 
on a collecting expedition near Toronto, Ont., I took a male 
prairie warbler in full plumage. (/. A. Ames in The Auk, Vol. 
PON p06.) 
CCXXIX. SEIURUS Swainson. 1827. 
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674. Oven Bird, Golden-crowned Thrush. 
Seirus aurocapillus (LINN.) SWAINS. 1827. 
A skin taken at Nanortalik, Greenland, in May, 1882, is in the 
museum at Copenhagen. (Winge.) Stearns, p. 116, records this 
species as breeding in southern Labrador. (Packard.) Very 
abundant along the Moose River; seemed to prefer the hillsides 
of the river valley that have aheavy growth of birch and poplar; 
none observed as far north as Moose Factory in 1896. (Spread- 
borough.) Locally common as far north as Aillik in north- 
eastern Labrador. (Sigelow.) A summer migrant in New- 
foundland, but not common. (eeks.) A common summer 
resident at Halifax, N.S. (Dowmns.) A few observed at Baddeck, 
Cape Breton Island, in June, 1890. (/. A. Alen.) A common 
summer resident at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. (C. R. Harte.) 
One was noted at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, and a number 
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