CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 647 
a distinguishing difference in the eggs; those of M. varia are 
actually the largest, and more globular in form, and the ground 
colour more of a chalky whiteness, and the spotting more of a 
brownish hue; with a general tendency to form a wreath about the 
larger end, and be distributed over the surface, even to the smaller 
point; the eggs of the Canadian warbler have a clear white hue, 
with a beautiful rosy blush, and the colouring which clouds the 
whole of the larger end of each egg, has more of an orange tinge 
than either reddish or brown, the dotting on the surface is more 
separated, and the approach to the smaller point more devoid of 
dotting than are those JZ. varia, but in all the specimens the 
variations are so numerous that it is difficult to describe them ; 
this species is very local in its distribution, being generally found 
to frequent the borders of swampy woodlands, having much the 
same habitat as the water-thrush and J/7. varia, but here it is 
more abundant than either of the other species, and seems more 
disposed to explore the underwood of the higher hardwood lands 
and nest on more level ground; altogether about a score of the 
nests of this species have come under my observation in my 
woodland rambles in the vicinity in the past twenty years; and, 
as in the case of the water-thrush, black-and-white warblers, and 
several other species, several of these nests were in cavities pre- 
viously prepared for them. (W. L. Kells..) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885; four 
taken at Ottawa by Dr. F. A. Saunders in May, 1891; one taken 
in Algonquin Park, Ont., May 26th, I¢oo, and one at Edmonton, 
Alta., May 29th, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
CCXXXIII. SETOPHAGA. Swainson. 1827. 
687. American Redstart. 
Setophaga ruticilla (LiNN.) SWAINs. 1827. 
A specimen was taken at Rupert House, September 3rd, 1860, 
by Mr. James McKenzie. (Packard.) Common all along Moose 
River to James Bay. On June gth, found a nest with two eggs in 
a white birch about four feet from the ground. Nest composed 
of fine bark lined with the down of some plant. (Spreadborough.) 
A summer migrant but rare in the north of Newfoundland. 
(Reeks.) An abundant summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 
