CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 517 
(W.H. Moore.) Abundant in the Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brit- 
tain & Cox.) Common on the Magdalen islands; nesting about the 
last of June. (Bishop.) Everywhere about the Gulf of St. Law- 
rence, save on the wind-swept Magdalens, this bird was an abun- 
dant species. (Brewster.) Common at Lake Mistassini in northern 
Quebec. (J. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; a common resi- 
dent in eastern Quebec. (Dionne.) A common summer resident 
at Montreal; breeds in Mount Royal park. Observed here from 
April 24th to October 30th. (Wuntle.) 
A common summer resident at Ottawa and breeding. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common migrant at Toronto, Ont., probably 
breeds; a common summer migrant in the Parry Sound and Musko- 
ka districts. (J. H. Fleming.) A very common summer resident 
at Guelph, Ont., arriving about April 20th and leaving about 
October 30th. (A. B. Klugh.) Abundant everywhere in Algon- 
quin park, Ont.; found a nest on the ground in a bunch of grass, 
July 15th, 1900; eggs quite fresh; common in 1903 from Missinabi 
to Point Comfort on the east coast of James bay and on the west 
coast north to Cape Henrietta Maria. (Spreadborough.) A com- 
mon migrant but a rare breeder at London; found only in openings 
in deep cedar swamps. Forty miles north of London and in the 
Bruce peninsula it is quite common. (W. EF. Saunders.) A com- 
mon summer resident at Penetanguishene, keeping well to the deep 
swamps and probably breeds as they remain throughout the summer. 
(A. F. Young.) Abundant throughout the region between Norway 
House and York Factory, Hudson bay. It was especially numer- 
ous in the extensive tracts which had been devastated by fire. A 
few were noted, one of which was collected at York Factory in July, 
1900; on our return trip a few were seen at Oxford lake, September 
tith. (Preble.) Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 
A common summer resident in woodlands in Manitoba; found 
breeding at Carberry, Shell river, Little Boggy creek and Duck 
mountain. (E£. T. Seton.) Only seen at Indian Head, Sask., be- 
tween the 9th and 20th May, 1892, when they all migrated to the 
north; a few were observed at Moose Jaw and Old Wives creek, 
Sask., in May, 1895, but they soon disappeared; first seen at Edmon- 
ton, Alta., May 6th, 1897; shortly after they became common and 
remained to breed; abundant from Lesser Slave lake to Peace River 
