CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 635 
scolding notes of any birds that may chance to be disturbed. Any 
that I have heard singing have beeninvariably perched on a dead 
branch well up from the ground. On seeing that they are observed 
they will dart to thick cover in which case one Is not likely to see 
them again for some time. On 30th July, 1895, I met with a party 
of adults and young in a thick patch of cedars a few miles west 
of Toronto. From 11th to 30th May, 1899, I saw from one to six 
almost daily. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Fairly common during mi- 
grations, and breeds in fair numbers. Arrives about May 16th 
and leaves about September Ist. (A. B. Klugh.) 
I was agreeably surprised to find this species breeding abund- 
antly at Pembina. At the end of June I found a nest supposed 
to be of this species but the identification was not at all satisfac- 
tory. (Coues.. A common summer resident of scrub lands, 
throughout Manitoba. (Zhompson-Seton.) A tolerably common 
summer resident at Avenue, Manitoba; arrived May 24th, 1903, 
and disappeared early in September. (Norman Criddle.) This | 
species was seen at Old Wives’ Creek, eastern Assiniboia, in May, 
1895. (Spreadborough.) A possible hybrid of this species and 
G. tolmietw was taken at Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan. 
(Nutting.) This was a common species round Lake Manitoba 
in June, 1881. A nest was taken at “the narrows” on June 16th. 
(Macoun.) 
BREEDING NoTEs.—On June 14th, 1902, a nest with four eggs 
was found in a damp place near Montreal. It was built ina 
clump of golden rod three inches above the ground and composed 
of grass stems and leaves lined with thin black rootlets and hairs. 
Nest 4 x 3 and 2°25 x1°75. Another nest was found in the forks of 
a small bush, the brim six inches from the ground and made of 
dried leaves, grass and bark, with a lining of hair-like roots, nest 
425x3and2:25x175. (Garneau.) Nest found near Tetreauville, 
Hull, Que., in a low bush, rather large for thesize of the bird, com- 
posed of moss, leaves and other vegetable matter, lined with grass 
and rootlets. Eggs 4, white, slightly sprinkled at the larger end 
with brown. (G. Rk. White.) Mr. Ottomar Reinecke, of Buffalo, has 
taken several sets of this species in the Niagara district, Ont. I 
have found aset of four that he collected at Sherkstown, Welland 
Co. The nest was built in a tussock of grass one foot from the 
ground. (WW. Raine.) I met with a nest near Lansdowne, Leeds 
Co., June 2nd, 1892. It was located in a rocky place among 
