CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 705 
inland; breeds at Stewiacke. (Dowmns.) Rare in woods at Brack- 
ley Point, Prince Edward Island, July 4th, 1888; also on Cape 
Breton Island in 1898. (J/acoun.) A summer resident in the 
neighbourhood of St. John, N.B. (Chamberlain.) A tolerably 
common summer resident along the St. John River, Scotch Lake, 
York Co., N.B. (W.H. Moore.) Common summer resident on 
the Magdalen Islands. (Szshop.) One pair breeding at Ellis 
Bay, Anticosti, July 24th. (Brewster.) 
Common summer resident at Montreal; breeds in Mount Royal 
park; nests with eggs found from May 31st to June 27th. (Wintle.) 
This is acommon summer resident in eastern Quebec. Taken at 
Beauport. (Dzonne.) A common summer resident around Ottawa. 
(Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) A very common bird, breeding in 
numbers in eastern Ontario. (Rev. C. J. Young.) An abundant 
summer resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. H. 
Fleming.) Not uncommon in Algonquin Park, Ont.,in summer of 
1900. (Spreadborough.) Very common summer resident at Guelph, 
Ont. Arrives about May 8th, leaves about September toth. 
(A.B.Klugh.) Summer resident and breeding at Penetanguishene, 
Ont. (A. F. Young.) 
Unlike the other species of this genus this form does not appear 
to extend westward beyond the valley of Red River; at any rate 
it was only observed in the vicinity of Pembina. Here it was 
found breeding in abundance during the month of June. A nest 
was found on the oth June, containing four fresh eggs of a uniform 
bluish-green colour. It was placed upon a small heap of decayed 
leaves which had been caught on the footstalks of a bush a few 
inches from the ground, and composed of weed-stems, grasses 
and fibrous bark- -strips, woven together, and mixed with withered 
leaves. The walls were thick, giving a bulky, irregular, and rather 
slovenly appearance. (Cowes.) An abundant summer resident 
of thickets in Manitoba. (T7hompson-Seton.) A tolerably common 
breeding summer resident at Aweme, Manitoba ; arrives about 
May 15th and leaves about the Ist of September. (orman 
Criddle.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Breeds in numbers in woods around Ottawa. 
The nest 1s made of dried leaves mixed with grass, bark or 
branches, and is placed near a tree on a bed of leaves, in a low 
bush or sometimes on astump. Four eggs are usually laid in 
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