262 NOTES ON NOVA SCOTIAN ZOOLOGY PIERS. 



Road, about two miles from Dartmouth, by Mr. Watson L. 

 Bishop. There was about four inches of snow on the ground. 

 It is the first of the species he has obtained, although he 

 had collected for many years near Kentville, in the western 

 part of the province. About Pictou, I understand, the species 

 is more common, but near this city it is rare. 



NORTHERN SHRIKE (Lanius boreali*). This is a rare winter 

 visitor in Nova Scotia. Mr. Francklyn shot a specimen at the 

 North West Arm, Halifax, on February 22nd, 1895. The bird 

 at the time was engaged in killing Snowflakes (P. nivalis). 

 Another was obtained at Canning, King's Co., on March 1st of 

 the same year, by Mr. Dickie. 



BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (Dendroica castanea). In a pre- 

 vious article (" Notes on N. S. Zoology, No. 2") I noted a nest 

 and two eggs of this warbler which had been collected by Mr. 

 Austen. The same gentleman informed me that during the 

 summer of 1895 he found two more nests at Dartmouth, near 

 Halifax. One of these, containing four eggs, was taken during 

 the latter part of June, and the other was collected about July. 

 Nests and eggs of this species are rare. 



BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (Dendroica Uacldmrnice). During 

 the summer of 1896 Mr. Walter Brett, of Sackville, Halifax 

 County, took one specimen at that place. The late Mr. 

 Downs considered this species very rare. Mr. Chamberlain 

 thinks its secluded habits may have given rise to its reported 

 rarety in Canada. 



WINTER WREN (Troglodytes hiemalis). An account of the 

 very rare nest and eggs of this wren has already appeared in the 

 publications of the Institute (Transactions, vol. viii., p. 203). 

 On June llth, 1894, my brother and myself found another nest 

 of the species at the Rocking-stone (Kidston's) Lake, Spryfield, 

 Halifax County. It was only a few feet away from the spot 

 in which was situated the one described in the paper just 

 referred to. As far as could be observed, the second nest was 



