CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 633 
_CCXXX. GEOTHLYPIS Casanis. 
677. Kentucky Warbler. 
Geothlypis formosa (WiLs.) Ripew. 1885. 
Taken at Quebec by Mr. Nelson. (Dzonne.) Only one speci- 
men known from near London, Ont.; this was taken by Robert 
Elliott near Bryanston ina thicket of well grown thorn trees in 
May, 1898. (W. E. Saunders.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One purchased with the Holman collection in 1885. 
678. Connecticut Warbler. 
Geothlypis agilis (WILS.) GREGG. 1870. 
A rare migrant at London, Ont. (W. &. Saunders.) A regular 
spring and autumn visitor to this district reaching us about 20th 
May and leaving for the north a few days later, 30th May being 
the latest date on which I had noted it; as this bird is with us 
again before the end of August it is notunreasonable to hope that 
it will be found nesting at no great distance. While here the bird 
is very shy and keeps as muchas possible to dense under-growths 
of vines, but when driven to the trees it tries to conceal itself by 
sitting motionless behind a limb; a curious habit of this bird is to 
walk slowly along the small branches of a tree peering into every 
crevice for insects, much after the manner Secwrus aurocapillus. Its 
song, which I have only heard on two occasions, has considerable 
merit, and it has also another note not at all unlike the well- 
known “teacher” of the oven-bird. I saw one or more of these 
birds daily from 22nd to 30th May, Igoo; in the fall they are here 
during August and may be seen creeping cautiously through 
borders of Convolvult and Nasturtiums ; on 18th May, 1896, I took 
a specimen in Jackson’s Park, Peterboro’. Ont. (/. Hughes- 
Samuel.) 
A somewhat common summer resident of tamarac swamps in 
Manitoba; on June 2Ist, 1883, in the Carberry swamp founda nest 
and eggs of this species. For full description of this nest and 
eggs see Zhe Auk for April, 1884, p. 192. On June 14th, 1884, at 
Duck Mountain, found one or two pairs breeding in the tamarac 
swamp near there. (Zhompson-Seton.) A tolerably common summer 
