40 Fleming, Birds of Parry Sound and Muskoka. t^^ 



97. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — In the spring of 

 1894 I found this Flycatcher not uncommon in the country between 

 Kearney and Sand Lake ; they frequented the tops of the highest dead 

 pines. 



9S. Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. — A common breeding species. 



99. Empidonax flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. — A 

 common and widely distributed species ; breeds. 



100. Empidonax traillii alnorum. Alder Flycatcher. — I took a 

 male at Emsdale on May 29, 1S99. Mr. Kay has taken the nest of this 

 species at Port Sydney. 



loi. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — -The most abundant 

 of the small Flycatchers; breeds. 



102. Otocoris alpestris. Horned Lark. — Mr. Lambe of Toronto has 

 a specimen taken at Graxenhiu'st. 



103. Otocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned L.\rk. — Kx\ abun- 

 dant breeding resident. Mr. Kay gi\es 18S7 as the date of its first appear- 

 ance at Port Sydney. 



104. Pica pica hudsonica. American Magpie. — One was seen at Port 

 Sydney h\ Mr. Kay. Dr. Brodie, and Mr. H. Brown, in the summer of 

 1898. 



105. Cyanocitta cristata. Blle Jay. — One of the most abundant resi- 

 dent birds. 



106. Perisoreus canadensis. Canada Jay. — Common in Parry Sound, 

 reported by Mr. Kay as a winter resident only in Muskoka. 



107. Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. — A common 

 resident in Parr> Sound; rarer in Muskoka. 



loS. Corvus americanus. American Crow. — Abundant about the 

 settlements. On one occasion I saw Crows feeding in the same field with 

 a pair of Ravens, but usually they do not intermingle. 



109. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Bobolink. — One of the species that is 

 finding its way northward. I saw; a female at Emsdale in May, 1899: she 

 was seen later in the summer with a male and a brood of young. Mr. 

 Tavernier saw the first one at Beaumauris in August, 1897, and reported 

 them as increasing in 1898. 



no. Molothrus ater. Cowbird. — I first saw this bird at Emsdale on 

 May 26, 1899, about a dozen of both sexes; Mr. Kay gives 1889 as the 

 year of their first appearance at Gravenhurst. Mr. Tavernier reported 

 them as common at Beaumauris on April 22. 1898. 



111. Agelaius phceniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — Common in 

 marshy districts along the larger rivers. 



112. Sturnella magna. Meadowlark. — Mr. Kay puts its first appear- 

 ance in Muskoka about 1863, and regards it as becoming common at Port 

 Svdne>'; it occurs at Beaumauris. 



113. Icterus galbula. Baltimore Oriole. — Mr. Kay gives 1887 as 

 the year of its first appearance at Port Sydney, and Mr. Tavernier 

 refers to it as increasingly common at Beaumauris. 



