644 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
edge of Vermilion Lake at Banff, Alberta. (W. Raine.) Nest, 
in a hemlock tree near the ground in woods near Ottawa, com- 
*~ posed of dry moss and twigs compacted together; lined with fine 
fibre and fine grass; eggs 4, dull white, sprinkled with reddish and 
brown dots towards the larger end where the markings form a 
circle, leaving the extremity plain. (G. R. White.) Thisis a rare 
warbler in Ontario; a nest was taken in the vicinity of Lansdowne, 
Leeds Co., in June, 1894 not very far from the St.Lawrence; there 
were four eggs in this nest, which was built on the ground ; they 
were small and white, thickly marked with fine brick-red spots. 
(Rev. C.J. Young.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; one taken at Ottawa by Dr. F. A. Saunders, July 3rd, 
1890; one taken at Hyde Park near Toronto, by Mr.S. Herring, in 
May, 1891; one at Medicine Hat, Assa., May 17th, 1894;:three at 
Canmore, Rocky Mountains in May, 1891, and one at Banff,Rocky 
Mountains, June 15th, 1891, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
685a. Pileolated Warbler. 
Wilsonia pusilla pileolata (PALL.) CouES. 1880. 
Rather rare at Agassiz, B.C., in May, 1889; observed at Chilli- 
wack, B.C. and along that river to the head of Chilliwack Lake in 
the summer of 1901; first seen on May 7th, 1893,near Victoria, Van- 
couver Island, by the 14th, they were common in all the willow 
thickets: they were seen at Sooke, Nanaimo, Comox and other 
points and are acommon summer resident on theisland. (Spreaa- 
borough.) British Columbia. (ZLord.) More common in the coast 
region than in the interior; breeds. (Szveator.) A common sum- 
mer resident, chiefly west of the Coast Range. (Fannin.) A 
tolerably common summer resident at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) As 
early as May t2th, these birds have been found feeding their 
young in Oregon; from this region it extends north and occupies 
the entire Pacific shore of the Alaskan mainland. (WVedson.) An 
adult male was taken at Sitka, Alaska, on August 18th and several 
others including juveniles seen on August 2Ist; they were in low 
brush along the shores of a secluded bay where they possibly 
breed. (Gvrinnell.) 
We found this the most abundant bird at Glacier, June 5-10, 
frequenting the alder thickets from the valley’as far as they 
