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CLXXXVI. SAYORNIS Bonaparte. 1854. 
456. Phoebe. 
Sayornits phebe (LATH.) STEJN. 1885. 
A summer migrant in Newfoundland but not common. (Reeks.) 
One pair seen near Dominion mine, Sydney, Cape Breton island, 
N.S., August 30th, 1901. (C. R. Harte.) A common summer 
resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) A rare spring migrant 
at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. (W.H. Moore.) An irregular 
summer visitor at Beauport, Que. (Dionne.) A common summer 
resident at Montreal. Breeds in Mount Royal park. Nests with 
eggs found from May 17th to June 9th. Observed from April 3rd 
to October 8th. (Wzntle.) Common summer resident in the 
Ottawa district; usually building its nest close to houses or on the 
veranda. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Abundant summer resi- 
dent in Muskoka and Parry Sound districts. (J. H. Fleming.) 
One specimen observed at Dog lake, northern Ontario, May 3oth, 
1896. (Spreadborough.) Very common everywhere in Ontario 
and one of the first arrivals in spring, when the weather is still cold. 
(Rev. C. J. Young.) Rare summer resident in Manitoba, one or 
two pairs seen each season; usually nests under bridges at Winnipeg; 
tolerably common (apparently?) as far west as Qu’Appelle. (See 
E. T. Seton, p. 560.) Spreadborough spent a summer at Indian 
Head, about ten miles south of Qu’Appelle, and never saw or heard 
one, and I am led to believe that the pair noted at Qu’Appelle and 
at Oak point, Lake Manitoba, was Contopus virens and not Sayornis 
phebe as the observer thought. (Macoun.) Apparently not com- 
mon at the Grand rapids of the Saskatchewan; only one specimen 
secured. (Nutteng.) A pair had a nest beneath the wharf at Nor- 
way House, Keewatin, and several more nests were observed on 
June 28th, as we were passing through Hell Gate. The nests were 
placed on the cliffs overhanging the water. (Preble.) 
First saw one April 19th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta., next on May 
7th, nesting under a bridge, nest built of weeds and moss, lined with 
grass and horse hair, rather bulky. On June 2nd, found a nest with 
five eggs in a coal-shed. (Spreadborough.) First noticed at Atha- 
baska Landing 23rd May, 1888. The commonest bird up the Atha- 
baska to Lesser Slave river. Eggs had been incubated about a 
