478 Mousley, Birds of Hatley, Quebec. [o"£ 



breasted Warblers, both of which today are still regular migrants 

 if not regular breeders also, at least as regards the first named. 



On June ninth and sixteenth I saw a Pine Siskin and had 

 previously seen one on May the sixteenth, a somewhat interesting 

 fact in view of their total absence during the winter, but the same 

 thing occurred in 1917, when on May 31 I shot an example out 

 of a small flock, the birds not having been observed during the 

 winter of 1916-17. 



The eighth and eleventh of the month were both red-letter days, 

 for on the former I found the Purple Finch breeding for the first 

 time and on the latter added the Olive-sided Flycatcher to my list, 

 a pair being under constant observation from this date to the 

 thirtieth, and again in the first week of August. My efforts to 

 discover their nest were unavailing, however, although it was evi- 

 dent they were breeding, as on two occasions I observed one of the 

 birds trying to break off small twigs from a tall hemlock tree. 



Just previous to the eleventh I flushed a female Ruffed Grouse 

 with her brood of chicks, the only lot seen during the summer. 



Shortly after the middle of the month, or to be exact on the 

 twenty-first, I found my first Wood Pewee's nest, but as it was 

 about 12 feet out on a slender bough of a large maple tree, and 25 

 feet above the ground, I had to content myself with a photograph 

 of its location. The nest was over a fork, and being composed 

 outwardly of lichens it looked exactly like a natural swelling or 

 knot in the branch. 



On the twenty-fourth I came across a nest and set of four eggs 

 of the Olive-backed Thrush, this apparently being about my usual 

 yearly allowance. Red-eyed Vireos were more in evidence again, 

 and I came across three or four nests during the month, but none 

 of the Warbling or Blue-headed were found, although I had 

 seen a few pairs of each earlier in the season, and had hopes that 

 it was going to be another "Vireo" year similar to that of 1912. 

 For the next fortnight or until July 15, nothing of particular in- 

 terest occurred, but on this date a number of immature Golden- 

 crowned Kinglets were observed, this date being three weeks ahead 

 of any previous record, and may possibly be taken as indicative of 

 the birds having bred in the district. Strange to say, they were 

 not noted in the spring migration, although Ruby-crowned Kinglets 



