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Since Bachman's Warbler was discovered in 1833 but seven 

 nests have been recorded — one taken by Mr. Widmann on May 

 17, 1897, and the six which I have described. There is, I believe, 

 another nest and three eggs in the collection of Mr. J. Parker 

 Norris, Jr., that were taken by Mr. Widmann in Missouri, but 

 I am of the opinion that this has never been recorded. 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF THE 

 COBALT MINING REGION, NIPISSING 

 DISTRICT, ONTARIO. 



BY FREDERICK C. HUBEL. 



The following annotated list of birds is based on observations 

 made within a radius of ten miles of what is now known as the 

 town of Cobalt, Nipissing District, Ontario, by Mr. J. Wilbur 

 Kay and myself between July 15 and August 18, 1905. Cobalt, 

 situated on Cobalt Lake, is about 100 miles from North Bay 

 junction on the transcontinental line of the Canadian Pacific, and 

 330 miles almost north of the City of Toronto. When we entered 

 this region, Cobalt was merely a small mining camp consisting of 

 about two dozen huts, a few stores and a station. It has since 

 grown to be a mining town of considerable size, owing to the large 

 deposits of silver for which this region is now famed. 



About three miles south of the town is the Montreal River. 

 There are numerous lakes in this region. Lake Temiskaming, 

 by far the largest, lies but a few miles to the east, and although 

 this lake has been a well traversed route to the north by white 

 men for the past two hundred years or more, very little ornitho- 

 logical data has come to light from this region. 



This country is "a rocky wilderness, much of the field being 

 covered with drift deposits and the exposures of compact rock are 



