CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS, 671 
A moderately common summer resident around Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Not uncommon in Leeds Co., Ont. 
There is a large woodland tract south of Lansdowne, Ont., and 
not far from the St. Lawrence where they are quite common and 
breed; I found a nest in 1883, early in May, and have heard sev- 
eral singing there together in April ; I noticed one specimen on 
the Magdalen Islands. (Rev. C. J. Young.) A common species 
and breeds in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, Ont. (/. H. 
Fleming.) Common along Moose River to Moose Factory ; none 
seen further north; common everywhere in thick dark woods in 
Algonquin Park, Ont. (Spreadborough.) On March 17th, 1894, a 
male of this species was taken at Toronto and I have every reason 
to think that he had wintered here. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) An 
uncommon summer resident in the deep cedar swamps around 
London, Ont. Much less numerous than formerly. (W. &. 
Saunders.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont.; arrives 
about April 4th and leaves about October 6th. (A. B. Klugh.) 
Summer resident in the thick woods in eastern Manitoba ; has 
been seen as far west as Portage la Prairie. (Zhompson-Seton.) A 
rare summer visitor at Avenue, Manitoba. (Norman Criddle.) 
BREEDING Notes.—This species breeds in June at Scotch Lake, 
N.B. The nest is well hidden in upturned roots of overturned 
trees. Eight eggs are generally laid. (W. A. Moore.) In the 
woods near Lake Nominingue, about 100 miles north of Ottawa 
two nests were found imbedded in green moss on the ground, and 
another on the side of a fallen tree. The entrances were about 
an inch in diameter and the interiors were empty spheres lined 
with a few grasses. (Garneau.) I have found this species breed- 
ing at Long Branch, west of Toronto, at Rice Lake and near Port 
Hope and at Waterloo, Ont.; a favorite nesting place is in the 
root of some fallen tree; it lays six to seven eggs, finely spotted 
at the largest end with dark brown. (W. Raine.) There were a 
few years ago some large woods in the front of the township of 
Lansdowne, Ont.; a creek ran through them, and here the winter 
wren was quite common and bred ; I once found its nest, which 
was built in a cavity of a stump, about a foot from the ground; it 
was early in May before the bird laid her eggs, but at that time 
the nest was really completed, being a large globular ball of moss 
with a small hole near the top. (Rev. C./. Young.) 
17 
