620 THE BIRDS OF MANITOBA THOMPSON. 



236. Dendroica vigorsii. Piue Warbler. 



Rare saramer resident of the wooded country to the north and east. 

 Winnipeg, Common (Hine). Tolerably common in eastern part of the 

 province, where they appear about the end of May (R. H. Hunter). 

 Duck i>ay, Lake Winnipegosis, latter part of June (Macoun). 



237. Dendroica palmarum. Palm Warbler. Redpoll Warbler. 



Abundant migrant, on the prairies as well as in woods. Red River 

 settlement (Brewer). Winnipeg: Abundant in migration (Hine). 

 Carberry: Abundant migrant on the prairie, chiefly in spring, Port- 

 age la Prairie (Thompson). I saw only one individual at Cumberland 

 House, May 20, 1827 (Richardson). Minnesota: Goes further north to 

 breed (Trippe). 



On May ]4, 1883, I saw great numbers of Redpoll Warblers. They 

 were in the bushes and also straggling all over the prairie; far from 

 timber and not exactly in Hocks. Tbey are noisy, restless birds, an^l, 

 as many observers have remarked, they are largely terrestrial, and have 

 many of tlie habits of the Pipits. I collected three sjiecimens. 



It passes through this neighborhood and during the snmmer has not 

 been seen. Yet from the facts that it is exceedingly common here and 

 rare at Cumberland House one might almost infer that it breeds in the 

 Duck and Porcupine Mountains. 



238. Seiurus anrocapillus. Ovenbird. 



Common summer resident of woodlands. Winnipeg: Summer resi- 

 dent; abundant (Hine). Breeding near English River, July 15 (Kenni- 

 cott). Red River Valley : Summer resident; tolerably common (Hunter). 

 Poitage la Prairie: Tolerably common summer resident; arrives in 

 JNIay, departs in September (Nash). Abundant around Lake Manitoba; 

 doubtless breeding (Macoun). Carberry : Tolerably common summer 

 resident; breeding (Thompson). Cumberland House, June 2, 1827; 

 breeds (Richardson). 



In Manitoba my opportunities of observing this bird were very few 

 but since then, while resident in Ontario, I have been most advanta- 

 geously situated for cultivating its acquaintance. I have in particular 

 become very familiar with the famous air-song, so long a puzzle to the 

 naturalists, that it utters in the evening while floating in the air above 

 the tops of the forest trees. This song may be heard daily during the 

 nesting season by those who know when and where to seek for it, and, 

 so far from being unusual, it will be heard more often, even, than the 

 ordinary "fmc/ier" refrain, which seems to be but little more than a 

 call note. One of the most interesting facts about this lark-like song- 

 is that it may be heard at almost any hour of the night in the grove 

 where a pair of these birds have settled for the love season. 



