CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 661 
The following records of the occurrence of this bird in Canada 
are given by Dr. J. Dwight, Jr.,in Zhe Auk,Vol. XIII., p.344: 1. One 
specimen seen but not captured at Strathroy, Ont., July rst, 1880. 
2. The Chatham record as given by Mr. MclIlwraith. 3. The 
Hamilton record as given by the same. 4. A bird was wounded 
and caught alive at Truro, N.S., July Ist, 1889. It showed no 
- signs of being an escaped cage bird. 5. This is a young bird 
taken in the fall of 1894 on Sable Island, N.S. It must have 
reached there owing to a severe storm. 
A young male in juvenile plumage was captured on Sable 
Island, N.S.,September 5th,1902, hopping about a woodpile. ( James 
Bouteillier.) 
CCXXXIX. GALEOSCOPTES Casanis. 1850. 
704. Catbird. 
Galeoscoptes carolinensis (LINN.) CAB. 1850. 
A rather common summer resident at Halifax, N.S. (Dowzs.) 
Apparently rare on Prince Edward Island; a fewspecimens were 
seen in July, 1888, at Stewart’s mill. (MWacoun.) <A rare and 
irregular summer resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) Sum- 
mer resident along St. John River, N.B., and tolerably common. 
(W. H. Moore.) 
Common summer resident at Montreal. Breeds in the city and 
in Mount Royal park. Nests with eggs found from May 2gth to 
July 19th. (Wintle.) A common summer resident in eastern 
Quebec. Taken at St. Foy. (Dionne.) A common summer 
resident around Ottawa. (Osawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very 
common everywhere in eastern Ontario; sometimes remaining 
until the end of September. (Rev. C.J. Young.) An abundant 
summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; breeding 
usually on the edge of the forest or in gardens of the settlers. 
(J. H. Fleming.) Very common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. 
Arrives about May toth and leavesabout September 25th. (4.8. 
Klugh.) Avery common summer resident at Penetanguishene, 
Ont.; breeds very frequently in wild rose bushes in meadow-lands. 
(A .F. Young.) 
The catbird was found to be one of the common birds of the Red 
River region, where it was breeding in June in situations similar | 
