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CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 699 
A small flock was seen on Sable Island, N.S., on October 3rd; 
1902. (James Bouteillier.) In pine woods, Brackley Point, Prince 
Edward Island, July, 1888. (JZacoun.) An uncommon summer 
resident at St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) A rare summer mi- 
grant at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W. Hf. Moore.) Common 
at Lake Mistassini, 1885, where it breeds. (/. JZ. Macoun.) Taken 
at Mork, Factory, Hudson) \Bay:' (0%. KR. Bell). Taken at, Fort 
Churchill, Hudson Bay. (Wvight.) One female seen at Fox Bay, 
Anticosti. (Brewster.) More common than the preceding in 
eastern Quebec. Taken at Beauport. (Dzonne.) A common but 
transient visitant in spring and autumn at Montreal. (Windle.) 
A common migrant at Ottawa. (Offawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A 
common resident in autumn and winter in Parry Sound and Mus- 
koka districts. (/. H. Fleming.) Common during migration at 
Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) I saw one at Norway House, June 
17th, and took a specimen on the Echimamish, June 24th. It 
was common at Oxford House, June 30th to July 4th. One was 
observed as we ascended Hill River, September Ist. (4. A. 
Preble.) 
This species was observed on Mouse (Souris) River, in Septem- 
ber during the autumnal migration, frequenting the dense under- 
erowth in the river bottom in company with warblers. (Cowes.) A 
tolerably common migrant in spring and autumn in Manitoba. 
( Thompson-Seton.) Common at Aweme, Manitoba, in spring and 
fall; probably breeds; arrives about April 25th,and leaves Oct. 4th. 
(Norman Criddle.) Only three specimens were found at Medicine 
Hat, Assa., in April and May, 1894; common in spruce woods 
from the mouth of Lesser Slave River to Peace River Landing, 
Lat. 56° 15’, June, 1903; first seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 4th, 
1897; tolerably common in the spruce woods and breeding with- 
out doubt; common in the spruce woods of the foothills from 
Edmonton to Crow’s Nest Pass in July and August; quite com- 
mon at Banff, evidently breeding early as there were young birds 
in May, 1891; acommon species in April, 1890, at Revelstoke, 
B.C., but all seemed to be migrants; quite common on Sophie 
Mountain on the International Boundary, B.C., at an altitude of 
4,400 feet in 1902; quite common in the early part of April, 1889, 
at Hastings, Burrard Inlet; shot on the mountains at Spence’s 
Bridge, B.C., late in May, 1889; very abundant at Huntington, 
B.C., on the International Boundary in September, Ig0I; appar- 
