CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 561 
CCXXXV. CYANOSPIZA Bairp. 1858. 
598. Indigo Bunting. 
Cyanospiza cyanea (LINN.) BAIRD. 1858. 
Apparently rare at St. John, N.B.; but said to be common on 
the western side of Nova Scotia. (Chamberlain.) Have only 
seen one pair at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B. That was in 
June, 1900. (W.H. Moore.) Taken at Charlesbourg, near Quebec; 
rather rare in the vicinity of Quebec. (Dionne.) A common 
summer resident in the Montreal district. Breeds in Mount Royal 
park. I have found their nests with eggs from June 18th to July 
13th, and observed them here from May 11th to August 13th. 
(Wintle.) 
A moderately common summer resident around Ottawa. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in the counties 
of Leeds and Renfrew, where it usually makes its nest about the 
middle of June in a raspberry thicket. (Rev. C. J. Young.) A 
fairly common summer resident in the districts of Parry Sound and 
Muskoka. It arrives later than most species. Regular though 
not very common summer resident at Toronto, Ont. (J. H. Flem- 
amg.) Common summer resident at Guelph, Ont. (A. B. Klugh.) 
Common in all suitable localities both in the western and northern 
extremities of the western peninsula of Ontario. (W. E. Saunders.) 
A rare and transient visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont. (A. F. 
Young.) I was much surprised on July 30th, 1907, to locate a pair 
of indigo buntings breeding in the thick underbrush of hazel and 
raspberry about 15 miles west of Portage la Prairie, Man. This is 
the only record I have of it in Manitoba. (Atkinson.) 
BREEDING NotTEs.—The nests taken at Ottawa were placed in 
low bushes, and were large for the size of the bird. They are composed 
of grass, leaves and weed-stalks, lined with fine grass. Eggs 4 or 5, 
white, tinged with blue; some eggs are speckled with reddish-brown. 
(G. R. White.) This bird breeds sometimes at Ottawa, but more 
frequently in Montreal in June, also at Lake Nominingue, 100 miles 
north of Ottawa, in July. Nest in a fork in a bush two or three 
feet from the ground, made of dried leaves and lined with fine grass 
or hairs. Eggs in the set,three or four of a pale blue colour. (Garneau.) 
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