532 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
Nova Scotia, and I found it breeding not uncommonly in North 
Hastings, Ont., in 1906. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Abundant migrant 
at Toronto, Ont., breeds rarely. A common breeding summer 
resident in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts; very fond of 
nesting near old bush roads. (J.H. Fleming.) A few remain around 
Toronto every winter. (J. Hughes-Samuel.) Abundant every- 
where along the Parry Sound railway within the Algonquin park, 
Ont.; young ones were able to fly by June 19th, 1900; nests were 
found on the ground near logs and another beneath a tuft of grass 
on July 15th, 1900. Observed a few on both sides of James bay in 
1904. (Spreadborough.) London seems to be nearly the southern 
limit of this species; here it is rare in summer, but at Bryanston, 
fifteen miles northeast, it is fairly common in the same class of 
woods; and in north Bruce it is quite common. There have been 
two or three seasons in the last twenty years when it has been noted 
regularly throughout the summer, but, as a rule, it is only found 
in large cedar swamps, and even then in small numbers. Although 
nesting usually on the ground, one nest was found here ten feet above 
the ground in a thicket of vines against a brick wall and contained 
five eggs, an unusually large set. Nests on the ground are almost 
invariably made on sloping ground, and the nest placed well back 
in an excavation. (W. E. Saunders.) Abundant during migra- 
tions at Guelph, Ont., especially in spring; common in winter and 
scarceinsummer. (A.B. Klugh.) Acommon and breeding summer 
resident at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. Young.) 
A specimen was taken June 20th at Norway House, where the 
species was common; another was secured July 3rd, one of a number 
seen in the spruce and tamarack woods about Oxford House, and 
the species was again observed while we were ascending Steel river, 
September 1st. (Preble.) Fort Churchill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 
The snowbird appeared along the Mouse (Souris) river about the 
middle of September in troops as usual and at once became abundant. 
These specimens were pure hyemalis. (Coues.) An abundant 
migrant in Manitoba, frequenting thickets and hillsides. A few 
may breed in the northern part of the province; generally diffused 
at least as far as the east end of Great Slave lake. (E. T. Seton.) 
Abundant migrant in Manitoba and west, but not noted breeding. 
(Atkinson.) This species was first seen April 4th, 1892, at Indian 
Head, Sask., and disappeared by the 15th May; none seemed to 
