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The bird is extremely restless and lively, raoviug- about coutiimally 

 among the topmost twigs of the trees and utterin^i its little ditty about 

 once in every half minute. 1 have noticed it in all the wooded sections 

 near Carberry, and am disposed to believe that it breeds here. 



227. Helminthophila peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. 



Rare summer resident. Pembina: Common ; migrating early in June 

 (Cones), Winnipeg: Summer resident: abundant (Hine). Northern 

 shoreof Lake Winnipeg, June 6 (Kiunecott). Duck Mountains. Toler- 

 ably common; breeding. Carberry: Fall (Thompson). Cumberland 

 House, May 28, 1827 (Richardson). 



June 11, 1881, Duck Mountain : Tennessee Warbler is somewhat com- 

 mon. It usually frequents the heavy timber, and, in its activity and 

 general habits, it presents the same features as the rest of the family. Its 

 song begins with a note like chipiti, chipiti, repeated a dozen or more 

 times, with increasing rapidity, then suddenly changed into a mere 

 twitter. 



June 12, Duck Mountain. Collected Tennessee Warbler; api)arently 

 breeding. 



228. Dendroica tigrina. Cape May Warbler. 



Common summer resident. Winnipeg: Sunnner resident ; abundant 

 along the river (Hine). North to Lake Winnipeg (Ridgway). Shoal 

 Lake, May 16. 1837 (Christy). 



229. Dendroica aestiva. Yellow Warbler. Spider Bird. Willow AVarl)Ier. Wil- 

 low Wren. 



Very abundant summer resident in thickets everywhere. Abundant, 

 Pembina and Mouse River at the boundary ((]oues). Winnipeg: 

 Abundant ; breeding (Hine). Shoal Lake, March 16, 1887 ; common 

 (Christy). Ossowa : Common ; breeding; 1885, first seen, one on May 

 18; next seen, May 19; became common. May 20 (Wagner). Oak 

 Point, 1881: Arrived, May 26, 1885; first seen, one on May 16; next 

 seen on May 23; is common and breeds here (Small). Portage la 

 Prairie: Common summer resident ; breeding; arrives about May 16; 

 departs early in August (Nash). Common; breeding throughout the 

 Winnipegosis region; the common species of Poplar brush. Lake 

 Manitoba, June 15 to 20; Waterhen River, June 23 (Macoun). Shell 

 River, 1885; first seen, three on May 15; afterwards seen every day; 

 is common all summer, and breeds here (Calcutt). Qu'Appelle: Com- 

 mon summer resident (Guernsey). Carberry : Abundant summer resi- 

 dent. Breeding also in all wooded localities from Carberry to Fort 

 Ellice (Thompson). Trout Lake Station: Sevory House; known 

 throughout the whole of the fur countries (Murray). 



June 3, 1884, Rapid City Trail: The numerous groves along the 



